The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-11-07
FIRST uNcENsoREp STORY
or GREAT BALKAN BATTLl

:" VIENNA NOV As-lHS IbelCIlSpOSl ia
morning prints a story sent by Its cor
respondent with the Bulgarian army,
Lieutenant Wagner. 1t Is dated from
the Bulgarian headquarters, Thursday
evening, and says a. @
IT have Just returned with q train
Of wounded, after having spent three
days at the front. For three days and
nights I nave not been out of my
clothes. My poor horse could not move
another step because Of exhaustion.
The great and final battle entered the
decisive phase Thursday morning, when
the Bulgarian left wing at Bunarhissar
took the offensive with mighty impetus.
THE prelude to the final crash OF
arms was a murderous opening engage
ment, which last Monday resulted very
fayorably for the Bulgarians, especially
the. right wing at Lule Burgas.
"On the left wing where the Bull
garian offensive started, the Turks, by
taking the offensive from Seray by way
of Vica against the Bulgarian left wing,
had attempted to meet the danger
threatening their line OF retreat, owing
Sereai to Chataljo. The Turks also
had succeeded in driving back the adj
vance body of Bulgarians beyond Kar-
agederesi and Bunarhissar.
Reserves Stay Defeat. u.s.,
Tuesday morning when the mighty
Bulgarian counter attack was delivered
against the right wing from a line rum
ming from Uskub to Hadjifakli and the
heights Of Monistir ,Dagh, the Turks
front ranks We're simply run down by
a startling assault executed with un-
paralleled dash, yet they succeeded in
sustaining the fight by continually
bringing UP reserves.
Bitter forest lighting ragged through
out the day, during which the Turkish
main body degenerated into senseless
lighting.
AT the same time, the Bulgarian
right wing attacked the Turkish posi-
tions at Lule Burgas from Eski-Baba
and Yeniken and drove the Turks from
their fortified positions on the Telan-
dere, A~Jvalidore and Erkene rivers back
on Lule Burgas, The Bulgarian In
fantry was splendidly supported by
artillery, which at critical moments
succeeded In holding down the Turks
by an annihilating fire. With the help
of the guns, most Of the Turkish posi-
tions were taken by bayonet assaults.
Some OF these, however. were stormed
and taken without any preliminary ac-
tion or artillery support. w..
Drop GunsJ Use Knives.
THE dash of the Bulgarian infantry
was unparalleled and like the tactical
achievements resulting from it, sur
passed all hat could be believed DOS
sible. Without the least concession to
-scruples OF modern tactics, IL applied
Its battlecry, Nov for the knife" to
conditions or reality, that IL to say, to
Its tactics. -. p
-Four hundred yards and still fur
Their from he enemies lines whole reg
lments rose like one man and hurled
themselves In mi solid charging mass
on the enemy, without hating, still
firing and despising all cover. Their
officers were powerlessi against this
.burying frenzy. to get at the Turks
with the knife or bayonet. All at
.tempts to hold the troops in leash were
fruitless. & One regiment hurled itself
on the enemy totally disregarding its
Officers order to halt and lie down.
Tuesdays engagement had resulted
successfully for the Bulgarians both
at Lule Burgas and Bunarissah. Yet
they had struck no decisive blow for
the Turks had brought up the whole
OF their reserves and held their ad-
vance In check. y sgr ~ .
Early Wednesday morning strong
Bulgarian. forces were brought by
forced marches from Adrianople and
renewed the attempt to break through
the center of the Turks position. The
Bulgarian attack fell partly on the