The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-03
Stronghold Falls and
49, 900 Turks Are
Prisoners.
CONSTANTINOPLE
TERROR-STRICKEN
Sultan's Forces Are Penned Up
4 bv Victorious Balkan Allies,
" and End Seems Near-AN
Europe May Be Drawn
Into Conflict as Re-
suit of Struggle.

Especial Cable TO The Times Dispatch
London, November ..--1hcre comes
IN unconfrmed report from IN" news
paper Bohemit. OF Prague. that Adria-
NOBLE fell 30 the Buigas in the dawn
OF Saturday. This report says that
10000 Turks were made prisoners
II this report Is true IL Is no sur
prise to those who have followed the
war in the Balkans. The CIRCLE drawn
around the Turkish town b! the ruin
less Bulg ars is complete.
Lieutenant Wagner. TIE Times DIS
match correspondent. Ea,s that the
1ail Of Adrianople may be expected
daily. and the fall Of Demotica, where
10000 Turks had come after the de-
feat at Kirk Killisseh removes al. ieaf
Of Turkish interruption
The Servians are but q snort ais
sAnce from Priiep. AT that town. 10
che north Of Monastir, the Serbs COM
ing down from the north and the
forces coming up TO join them, VIII
strike hands and then advance eftheE
upon Monas,ir, where there - strong
Turkish force concentrated. or 10
EAionica. stripped OF her defenses.
The return of wounded Buisars TO
Oof1a with their stories OF the 5toody
axhting between Adrianopie and Con-
etantinople gives 20 the world seahz-
attor, OF the character OF the lighting.
II was medieval. unbelievable In tois
twentieth century OF long distance
guns and OF scientific warfare.
The BulSarians drove into the hui
lied Turks with their knives In their
teeth They threw away their guns
when f.rst the Turk lines waveTed and
came hand 70 hand Their wounded
were in a horrible condition slashed
I1eh kntysA to<n by s0ss-a0ssda0ees~
man buffers. ons glance at those In
The; slow moving hospital trains shows
how desperate was their conflict
The rout Of the Turks was shame
mi. Their nghting men fought for
places on the train going back 60 Con-
0tsntincple with women and children
from the burning villages along the
tallroad lines
Ceastasti.oDle .. Terror.
Constantfnople tonight 10 city OF
DlArms and terrors. The Christians, In
9eAr Of thei. Hives. in fear OF the shine
Of the knives Of the Ku-ds. who are
through her shudderinx
streets. are keeping TO their homes.
Their only hope 10 that beneath the
guns OF the foreign aghtinE shipr that
~ under Constantinople's minarets
they may nnd shelter.
British cruisers are on their way to
Ne Levant
There IL q report that Turkish
0foops drove geo BuiGars in one vii
1age from which the Sultan.s men were
Seeing into a barracks and there
burned them alive.
The commander Of the Turkish bat
0oohip torpedoed by the Greeks I'm the
Waters OF the Salonika gull Is 20 be
NO.
No definite news has come from, the
furks and RuIsars face to face
yWenty-nve miIes from Constantinople.
Within the fortresSes outside the SUI
tan's city the Turk IL making his iasi
Stend. and the telegraph is telling OF
ne continued fighting there.
The nature Of the lighting came a.
. complete surprise to the hospital
corps prepared for bullet wounds. bu.
onSeady to treat the terrible wounds
- knife and bayone:
The Bu1gars. SO hot were they upon
ne trail Of the fleeing Turks. were
1orcel to leave their wounded upon In.
SID for many hours. and to-day Al
o1ea OF approxinately ATTY miles by
we railroad 10 covered with dead and
1yfnS.
An E1rOpe TbprateneA.
Declal Cable to The Tiaes-D;spa:chI
Paris. November The power. con-
0nued desdlccked tonight concerning
~ Intervention in the Balkans. France.
0orm20v. England and v--s... III