Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-26
HAND TO HAND STRUGGLE.


| The King Of Greece, who is on his way
/ there.
| The Montenegrins are still hammer
| ing at Tarakesch and Scutari At the
former place they have met with some
| success taking the upper part of the
| mountain in the vicinity. Yesterday s
| determined assault by the Montene-
| grins on Scutari. however, failed, both
4 armies suffering heavy losses. The
| Servian army claims to have taken the
| Turkish town of Kumanova, but it is
evident that obstinate fighting is still
| in progress near that place. In the
district of Novipazar the Montenegrin
and Servian troops are within a few
miles of each other. and will soon join
| forces.
| A dispatch to Lloyds from Burgas.
the Bulgarian port on the Black sea.
says the Turkish fleet is blockading
| the bay.
| The final attack by the Bulgarians
on Kirk Kilisseh lasted 80 hours, ac-
cording to a special dispatch from
/ Stara Zagora. 1t eliminated in bay
onet charge, after which the Turks re-
treated to the east, in the direction of
a column of Bulgaria troops advance
ing from the Visa road.
| Another special dispatch says the
/ Bulgarians were repulsed when they
attacked Maras, at the junction of the
rivers Martha and Irda, opposite
lAdrianople. The losses of both armies
were enormous. A large number OF
Turkish officers fell.
All the inha bitants of Adrianople
who are not supplied with two months
| food, have been advised to leave the
lefty.
Dispatches from Belgrade say the
| Servian main army. commanded by
| the Crown Prince, is to join forces
with the Servian and Bulgarian allied
armies under Gen. Stephanovitch The
troops will then be allowed a short
rest before making concentrated adj
| vance and attack on Uskup.
| The League of the Balkan States is
based on a formal written alliance, ac-
cording to a dispatch from Vienna.
| When this is made public. it is stated.
| it will reveal the territorial aims of
| the Balkan nations. The secret treaty
| defines the zones of influence of the
respective countries in Albania and
| Macedonia and provides for a common
| tariff and postal union between the
Balkan nations. The alliance of the
| Balkan Kings far exceeds the status of
| a military combination for the imme-
diatc object in view. according to the
| outlook, which claims to have special
| information to the effect that it is a
| permanent federation intended to ex-
clude all external authority from the
| Balkan peninsula. -
| THE King of Greece, according to the
| Outlook Will become president of the
| alliance. on the nomination of King
| Nicholas of Montenegro. The religious
| rivalries of the Balkan Christians will
| be ended by uniting the Orthodox
churches of Greece. Bulgaria, Servia
/ ard Montenegro, as in ancient times
under the patriarch of Constantinople
| The churches will retain their national
| rituals and languages.
| The extension of Servia, through
| Bosnia to the Adriaticsea will form a
| part of the scheme which Austria is
expected strongly to resist, says the
| Outlook The powers are negotiating
actively in all the European capitals
| concerning what policy to pursue
1
the war or for Intervention arrives
| They are much more concerned to in
sure peace among themselves, than tc
| arrange the issues at stake in the Near
East, which looks small when com
| pared with a general European war
Tho Outlook says the Balkan diplo-
| mats in London, declare their object
the Balkans for the Balkan peoples
| ,,F -f,,t.,, . Il a.
which will be included in d note t
Turkey will be their minimum require
ments. They win not sit in the anti
room, while the Powers allot the spells
nor will they accept any temporary
pc telling up of Near Eastern problems
London, Oct 25-After a four day:
heavy battle the Bulgarians are resting
There We're no reports of fighting, today
along the line from Kirk KilIisseh t,
Adrianople. The Bulgarians have no
II yet decided whether they will attempt t.
capture Adrianople by assault or tt
starve out its garrison by a siege. TIL
full extent of the Turkish disaster a
Kirk-Kilisseh is still unknown, but it Il
almost certain that the bulk of the. gar
rison there effected a retreat from tn
. town before it fell into the hands of tn
Bulgarians.
4 The early capture of Kirk-Kilisseh wa
: a great surprise even to the Bulgaria.
staff officers and their allies and tn
!; swift progress of the war was uneXpect
ed by Europe generally. 1t has beel
. only nine days since Turkey declares
war; and yet events have marched t
Il the point where the possibility of inter