Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-10-24
GREEK army PUTS
TURKS TOFL|GHT
N GREAT BAT TIE
Dtteman Troops Forced to Re-
tire Before Terrific Onslaught
Losses Not Reported BY
Crown Prince.
ARMaEs ARE CLOSING IN
Bnlgarlans Reported to Have
Lost 1000. Killed and
1900 Wounded In
Adzianople Fight

T.rn,taf., GSt si.--Bloody. por:entious
saSEes arc oeing fought on every side
.of- the 3?:cal,.;sn peninsula today. military
experts believe.
NaliIe the allied armies of Bulgaria.
SeTyia, M6Ntcnegro and Greece have
-elt,saIszlcss. haG the best of the prelimin-
,ary skimniss1es it remains to be seen
wl,iCh side will be moro successful in
.ile alasn t2AAlter of war.
F:oth Ss.:lrsss and Bulga,ians claiGo to be
atirssnaing i4a tire vicinity OF Adranople.
Fserylhang scetus to Indicate that the
EaIgarlans ttuve deployed the bulk of
tfleis' sIaaan army from the Mustapila
\ i'lsii:.- Asipianc!,,c line to the Dunn
fisesas -S.srssss- iSiiissch line and are attack
hain.G fllacps ana Adrianopte. while at
Efaek5tNs Tive extreme Turkish right TO
(t1le cast G.f Kirk lSillisseh.
I Servians Advancing.
from t!ass latter point reports have
!pesn received here OF serioas con-
fie.s
The sssrvians continue their advance.
s,i.e OF their iir',si.as has taken Prishtna
Aid another is 'h the gates of kulna-
siova.
Ar official report by the Servian
i'rf'srnar,Iea.. says that the Turkish
ta,uups sTtcr Offering desperate resist
slrce are falling back along the whole
ii'ltW.
Ars,nnss the town Of Novipazar brisk
tigittingS has been i'm progress for sew
sIal anSs and the Servians are said
10 maze suffered severe losses. They
haze yaptMrett soss.e oe the surrounding
towns. although, Novipazar itself Is
holding ont.
Most at the Serviin successes have
been won over mixed forces of AL
b;tslian tras,esrfsnn and Turkish irregu-
lars .ftley will not come into contact
with the trained Turkish troops until
they rcasal UsiSup.
Reports Disagree.
iti.ens ntticial reports disagree as to
sl. situation on the Greek frontier One
of them reports heavy lighting on the
the Turkish base nt tn" town of Ser
MA white another declares that the
Turks :sro 1i full retreat.
sAI. the armies in the field are l,ampered
by their wounded. In most cases they
lJaye to bring the wounded to the rear
in slowly moving OK carts.
Athens. Oct. 23.-The Greek army de-
feated Ehss Turkish troops this morning;
Beyond fAassonn. after vigorous at
tack. and the Turks are now retreat
ing % the town OF Servia. according to
"A dispatch, from Crown Prince Con
stanti5le.. of Greece. commander-iu-
chief of tho Greek army.
f,ilc crown prince teleRraphs that the
Turkish army. composed of q battal-
ions nf infantry and six batteries of
artillery. was compelled to abandon its
position and retire before the Greek on
s'aaught.
GREEKS IN PURSUIT..
THE or:er has been given for q gen
.ri.i pursuit.
The crown prince has established his
ll.eada uarters ut Khanhadjigogo.
! t:cspnapticn OF a battle which lasted
all day yesterday between strong forces
,af 'rhrisisa, ana Greek troops. on the
ROAD from the Greek frontier between
fa.1ssoi.a and the Turkish headquarters
s.tsScryia, had been expected today.
Gen. Z Dangiis. the commander of
the Greek army, sent a dispatch to the
var office from the Turkish village OF
Desa,l}tz;., ti.aed $3.50 last evening. say
ing:
s.Onr troops have approached the
ru,kisi, position and remain there.
Only darkness stopped the bate
WHICH Will DC resumed tomorrow morn
ins.'