The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-10-23
Capture of Kirk kiIisse Not
Confirmed
ALLIES BEFORE ADRIAN0PLE
This Likewise Must Be Accepted with
Some Reseve-There Is Likely
20 BE Big Battle Soon.
However.

London, Oct 23.--Tf the report be true
that Seryian and Bulgarian armies have
formed junction before Adrianople
mastering $4,000 men and 900 guns, the
: situation there is most perilous for the
! Turks. IL would seem hardly possible
that any such body OF troops could be
collected at this point In 80 short n
time. However, the Bulgarian army is
well organized and capable OF rapid con-
centration. Whether this can be said OF
the Servian establishment is open to
question. Opposed to this alleged over
whelming force is said TO be 100000
Turks with 300 guns, But the Moslems
are behind Notifications and are last
ditch fighters. There is little fear that
they will not render n good account OF
themselves. Stories of Turkish troops
fleeing in panic before all-conquerfng
Balkan arms must be taken with a grain
of salt. In spite of the persistence
of the rumor, it is doubtful If Kirk
kilisse has been captured after day
Of severe fighting with 10000 prisoners,
three months food supplies and ammu.
milton enough to supply the army for
some time" Kirk.kilisse il but thirty
two miles from Adrianople, and a report
says that the victorious invaders pressed
on, stormed the northern forts 81 Adri-
anople and cut the communication be-
tween that city and the outside world.
In other quarters minor Bulgarian col
umns are developing an attack against
the Salonica-C onstantinople railway,
which is only second in Importance to
the Adrianople .Constantinople line. Yet
another column is marching down the
Struma valley and with the aid Of the
guerrilla chief Sandansky, is said to have
inflicted heavy loss on a small Turkish |
force, south of the Servian frontier. The |
armies of Seryia and Greece also con- |
tinue to clear their way to their main |
objective points. the Turkish fortresses
Of Ushub and Servia, the last of these |
a Turkish town on the Grecian frontier. /
Greek armies have crossed the Turkish /
frontier at two points In Epirus, at /
the western end. they have occupied the
heights of Grmbovo, while at the east
srn end they are pursuing the Turkish
troops to their base at Servia, where
an important battle is expected to be
fought, and the taking of which by the
Greeks would carry them appreciably
nearer to the Monastir and Salonica
'oad. The Servian armies are probably
having the hardest fighting at the pres
mt moment. They are operating toward
Jshub and Pristina and further north in
he district OF Novipazar and have to
ontend not only against Turkish regu-
airs, but also against the Arnauts, who
ire fierce fighting Albanian tribesmen. 4
)ne of their armies have advanced as
ar as the outskirts of Kumanovs, the
town between the Servian from I,
Ter and Ushub. Pristina. which was re- {
'orted to have been captured some days !
go. is still in the hands of the Turks, |
Though the Servian invaders have Sc /
ured possession OF the mountain pass /
eading to that city. A large Turkish
orce is marching on Kumanovo, and C
ecisiye action in this quarter of the
ED cannot long be delayed. A telegram f
rom Vienna says il is announced from
alonica that Zekki Pacha has concen- t
rated 100000 men at Kumanovo, with p
artillery and machine guns. G
he Servians also have probably 100000 f
len. The Greeks are reported in tele- a
ram from Athens to have seized the <
land OF Lemnos. near the mouth of Z
ne Dardanelles. The representatives of ?
ne powers continue actively to confer, II
nd it is now suggested that inter 5
ention in the Balkans might occur b
arlier than was hitherto thought prob q
BILE. Ii is generally believed. however, CT
lat one big battle must be fought be- ii
ire the powers can take any decisive b
eps. q,