Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-26
Bulgarian and Greek Ar
mics Carried Out Sue
cessfully Their Part BY
the Turkish Base.
ADRIANOPLE MAY
BE HARD TO TAKE
Desperate Hand to Hand
Fighting Was Necessary
to Accomplish Victory
Over Turkish Foes.

London, Oct. 25.-The Bulgarian
and Greek armies have carried out
successfully their part of the frse
stage Of the war against Turkey BY,
the capture Of Kirk-Kilisseh and the
Turkish base in the town OF Servia,,
Their allies, Montenegro and Servia.
are now working desperately to do
their share in overcoming the Turk,
ish posts at Scutari and Kumanova.
which latter will be the key to uskun.
1t is said the Bulgarians expected
Kirk-Kilisseh to hold out longer. The
victors are now confident OF their abil.
ity to cut the communications be-
tween Adrianople and Constantinoplo,
The capture of Adrianople. In the
opinion Of military experts, will be :
difficult task. Its forts are thoroughly
up to date and are connected BY an
underground motor railway line.
A dispatch to Lloyds from Burgas,
the Bulgarian port on the Black sea,
says the Turkish fleet Is blockading
the bay
A Turkish army of $4,000 men
commanded by Ria Bey. is faced with
the alternative Of unconditional sur
render of useless slaughter near the
town Of Servia, according to special
dispatch from Athena. The Turkish
troops are hedged In by high cliffs
and the torrents OF the river Ajax
men. On the south and southwest.
too, there Is d Greek army flushed
with victory.
Hand to Hand Fighting.
Constantin6ple, Oct. 25.-Stories OF
desperate hand to hand fighting be-
tween the Bulgarian and the Turks
are told in newspaper dispatches
reaching here from Adrianople. Great
losses were sustained by both armies
in the battles around that city on
Tuesday and Wednesday. d
Bayonets were used freely in the
fight for the possession OF the banks
of the Tundjarvr and hundreds were
killed or wounded.
Eight battalions OF Bulgarian troops
that attacked the village OF Maras
yesterday were repulsed b. the
Turkish troops with heavy losses
The Turks have $4,000 OF their
finest troops on the line stretching
from Kirk-Kilisseh to Adrianople.
which later city Is garrisoned by 6O.-
600 men. Still another $4,000 men
guard the line from AdrianOple back
to Lule burgas.
Abdullah Pasha, the commander-in-
chief of the Turkish forces, some time
ago declared that the troops at his
disposal were sufficient and since then
the great stream OF fresh troops has
been directed toward Saloniki. Com
munication with Adrianople is still
working normally and no serious at
tack on the defenses Of that town ID
yet reported by the Turkish com.
mander.
On the other side Of the peninsula
Zekk Pasha with an army OF 10000
Turks is reported to have attacked
the Servian army north of Kumanova
just as a large force of Bulgarians was
about to effect juncture with it. Tho
Servians found the four divisions Ok
their troops broken up and fed in con-
fusion back across the frontier, leav.
ing a battery OF artillery and gen.
erals flag behind them. The Turks
took many prisoners and found 3 Il
large number OF dead and wounded
on the field.
Zekk Pasha then turned his atten.
ton to the Bulgarians whom he at
tackled and routed, driving them also
back across the frontier with the loss
Of four Of their field guns.
A dispatch from Uskup says that
civilians who are able to leave that
town are departing toward the south.
It Is announced today that the for
eign military attaches here are to be
permitted to leave for the front to-
morrow. The Ottoman government
has notified the various embassies that
the reports of their attaches should
be made in French and similar re-
quest has been made in the case OF
the war correspondents but it ID
doubtful whether this can be carried
out.