New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-02

nnrhIssar took the offensive with
| mighty impetus. The prelude to the
! final crash at arms was a murderous
opening engagement, which last Mon
day resulted very favorably for the
Bulgarians, especially on their right
wing at Lulc Burgas.
ION the left wing, where the Bull
| garian offensive started, the Turks, by
taking the offensive from Serial by way
OF Visa against the Bulgarian left
wing, had attempted to meet the dan
ger threatening their line Of retreat
owing to the Bulgarian advance by way
Of Serial to Tchataldja. The Turks also
had already succeeded I'm driving back
the advance body OF Bulgarians beyond
| Bunarhissar.
ION Tuesday morning, when the
mighty Bulgarian counter attack was
delivered against their right wing from
| a line running from Uskubdere tC
Hadjirakli and the heights Of Monastir-
| dagh. the Turks front ranks were sim
ply run down by startling assault eX-
ecuted with unparalleled dash, yet they
succeeded in sustaining the fight by
| continually bringing up reserves.
Bitter forest lighting ragged through
out the day, in the course OF which
the Turkish main body degenerated
into senseless masses without consist
ency or power OF fighting
AT the same time the Bulgarian
right wing attacked the Turkish posi-
( lions at Lule Burgas from Bahia E.ski
and Yenikin. and drove the Turks from
their fortified positions on the Telan-
dera, Ajvalidora and Ergene rivers
back to Lule Burgas. The Bulgarian
| infantry was splendidly supported 10y
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 positions were taken by
bayonet assaults Some OF them. how
ever, were stormed and taken without
any preliminary action or artillery sup
port"
THE dash of the Bulgarian infantry
was unparalleled and, like the tactical
achievements resulting from It. sur
passed all that could be believed pos
sibe. without the least concession &c
scruples of modern tactics, 1t applied
it's battle cry. Now for the knife to
conditions OF reality; that is to say, to
| It's tactics.
-Four hundred PAGES and still further
from the enemy's lines whole regiments
rose like one man and hurled them
selves in one solid charging mass on
the enemy without hating. still firing
and despising all cover.
Their officers were powerless
against this burning frenzy to get at
the Turk with the knife or bayonet
All attempts to hold the troops In
leash were fruitless. One regiment
hurled itself on the enemy on the
mere order OF a sergeant, totally dis
regarding its officers orders TO halt
and lie down.
Tuesdays fierce engagements had
resulted successfully for the Bulgarl-
ans both at Bunarhissar and Lule
Burgas, yet they had struck no decis-
I've blow, for the Turks had brought
up the whole Of their reserves and
held their advance in check.
Early on Wednesday morning strong
Bulgarian forces on the line at Lule
Burgas and Dederkeni, along the rail-
way and In the direction Of Tchorlu.
THE Bulgarians immediately took IN
the pursuit and continued to press the
enemy with extraordinary energy
throughout the night, the result being
that the Turkish retreat degenerated
into wild flight and on this wing the
Turks became totally dispersed.
Meantime, on their own left wing
southeast of Bunarhissar the Bulgari-
ans had completely enveloped the
Turks from the northeast
When dawn broke to-day (Thurs-
day. decisive attack upon the right