Evening star., 1912-11-18
FAIL IN ONSLAUGHT
ON TCHATAL)A LINE
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lines of Tchatalj according to MAJ.
Eugen Zwenger, war correspondent OF
the Tageblatt. He says thousands OF
dead and dying lie a,ong the road. Men
with stretchers are engaged day and
night gathering the dead for burial and
the wounded for transportation TO the
hospitals. He continues:
wherever | looked ] saw the distorted
faces and Stinened hands of the wound
ed stretched forth, appealing for help:
The nearer ! approached the railroad
station the sadder grew the picture.
Tine rar.ad station itself is just
deld full of dead. | saw in one car ten
men, FIVE of whom were living and the
other five dead, their faces still express
ing the no. rible agonies they had passed
through. / walked among piles OF
corpses. and among masses of groanlng
sick men who would soon find .1ef IN
death.
Dying Of Cholera.
"A train about to start was overcrowd-
ed with cholera-stricken men. Many of
those in the cars died soon after they
got on board.
: According to authentic information.
the deaths from cholera number 5000
daily along the line of Tchatalja.''
Another dispatch to the Tageblatt from
Kustendje, Roumania.. to which place it
had been sent by wire'ess says a thou
nd cholera cases and 200 deaths occur
daily among the Turkish reserves at San
Stefano. where the sick and the dead lie
indiscriminately on the streets.
No Firing Heard Today.
CONSTANTINOPLE. November Is. 9:45
ammo firing was audible this morning
from the direction of the Tchatalja lines
1t s thought probable, however, that the
great battle begun yesterday continues.
but that the direction of the wind prevents
the roar of the cannon being heard here.
Hetachments of bluejacbets and marines
were landed from the warships Of the in
ternational squadron early today. They
occupied the foreign embassies, consul
lates and post offices. the banks. the hos
pitfalls and the schools of the respective
colonies.
Fighting at Monastir.
BERLIN, November 1s.-A fierce fight
for the possession of the Turkish fortress
of Monastir continues between the Ser
vians and Greeks on one side and the
Turkish garrison on the other. The losses
of the Servians have been heavy During
the first days battle 25O of them were
killed and wounded.
The Serva ans succeeded. in L series of
night attacks, in carrying the two i'm
portant. heights of Obakovo and Koch
itsa.
Situation More Serious.
VIENNA. Austria, November 1s = The
Austro-S -Servian situation has been render
ed more serious by the tone of the Servian
press in is denunciation of Austria. This
has been added to by the reported bad
treatment meted out by the Servians to
the Austr an consuls in Albanian towns,
who assert that they were prevented from
leaving heir posts for fear they might
disclose the i'll treatment of the Albanian
inhabitants by the Servian conquerors.
Congratulated by Sultan.
CONSTANTINOPLE. November 49,
The sultan today telegraphed his felici-
tationS to the Turkish army at Tchatalja
for yesterdays success over the Bull
garians. He congratulated Nazim Pasha,
the commander-in-chief The latter re-
piled to the sultan that the message had
been Il source of great announcement to
the soldiers and that the army had Of
fsred prayers for his majesty.
Mrs. Russell Sage has sent donation
Of $1,000 through DR.. Mary Mills Pat
rick, president of the American College
Turkish wounded.
Defeat for the Greeks.
LONDON, November 1S-Djayid Pasha,
commander of the Turkish troops at
Monastr, inflicted a defeat on the Greek
troops, who We're advancing yesterday
through the detile of I<irlider. about
| twenty miles from Monastir, according to
a special dispatch received here The
Turkish troops captured sixteen field
guns, five machine guns and large
quantity of ammunition.
The Turkish garrison of Adrianople lost
| six field guns and several thousands of
| their men were killed or wounded during
a sortie from the fortress Saturday, ac-
cording to another dispatch.
Pillaging by Tribesmen.
BELGRADE, Servia November is