The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-10

sa LII them. This is enough go
s,n generations. to breed the ds,on
tn instinct In any soldier.
..ai iurk must have his b.o,
liz SIN, .ho wall in order to fight well
90 30 attitude Is that OF the m,d h,,,,
80 s' the toreador; and q verv 80
~, We know. sometimes gets a horn
90 NJ. ne 'oreador's anatomy and toss.
n 20 ni'n over the palings. This ban.
' a', ID way at Adrlanonle
victory IN to the boavins, -,
90 C bonaparte said this but afr.
=. Saesar said 1t after some yenara,
u Egypt. Babylon or Nineyeb
Inc .ne allies knew that their succas.
'ePehde- on speed In a fall, c.mn.ta-
speed and the shock OF masses nor.
ne over tho frontier. Theirs was !,
"uanured'yard.dash chance.
Inc Serbs at Kumanova that, .
ica' battle, had odds Of at least four -
! one 'our 10
Inc Greeks never had less favor.
"',o oods, usually much higher.
as Tor the Montenegrins who had
small show. what they did in one
way or another did not matter. They
nad work to keep them fully occu.
ScutarI. 'ee Vi
Inc only one OF the allies who dis.
ta'hed modern organization. their fail
ure 10 make any Roadway again EN-.
phasizes the wide difference between
body OF men with rifles and an 40.
tual army.
sulears Bear Wars 6runt.
90 the Bulgarians took the great
ana telling work OF the war on their
shoulders. You have only to know
the Bulgarians to understand that this
was inevitable.
There Is stubborn and aggressive
character enough In Bulgaria to spare
ior all southwestern Europe.
bulgaria made hundred-yard dash
win OK cart transportation, and made
II around an obstacle-Adrianople
The main railroad line and the great
Constantinople highway ran by Adri.
anople. II was on the direct line OF
communication from the center OF the
bulgarian base to the center OF its
objective.
In the center OF Thrace. II was the
only real fortress on the way TO Con.
stantinople. Kirk.Killisseh, or Losen-
grade. as the Bulgarans call II, de-
spite their willingness to allow an i'm.
preston Of its formidalility TO be
spread abroad, was not in any sense
well fortified
Now, the first thing was to surround
Adrianople; that Is. to strike at II
from all sides. as the key to the po.
sition. A branch OF the main Sofia
Constantinople railroad line runs to
lamboli. With this as its base. Deme-
trIefs, or the First. army swung
around Kirk Kilsseh. which was TAX
en- in the first splendid ardor OF the
campaign With its fall anyone can
see from a stat map that any battle
line OF defense with Adrianople as q
part OF It was impossible for a force
OF the numbers OF the Turkish main
army.
Two or three hundred thousand
men who were homogeneous might
have held on. but not half that num-
Der when badly organized There
fore. Nazim Pasha had 10 fall back
10 a new line and leave Adrianople
10 care for itself.
Reveals eulgar Courage.
The next step was the decisive bat
tie ON the line from Luie Burgas TO
Bunnarhissar.
There, again. superiority OF num-
bcrs. rs well as organization. count
ed that superiority, which makes a
h ,avy turning movement possible
while the enemys front Is engaged.
In short, the Bulgarians had the
Turks going. They gave the Turks
no rest. and they had a sufficient nu.
mcr,cal preponderance, in addition TO
the dependable courage OF their In
fartry To guarantee success.
Ga there was nothing wonderful
about the strategy of the campaign.
,o,bine new. nothing startling. The
old principle Of the swift turning
go mont had been applied 20 the sit
uaton In hand
By the flank the Japanese Kept put
ting the Russians back from the faiu
IN Nukden. BY the flank Grant put
Ice back to Richmond.
There was just one. and only one
.or,l,pc feature In this war-Buigari-
an courage. That enabled Demetrien
80 osin at Kirk.Killisseh and Lule
p,rcas IN n hurry what with most
arnies would have required much
mn nemctrierf had willing flesh for a
necessary sacrifice He threw his In
fantry against frontal positions IN a
loud into shrapnel and automatic
sun fire. without waiting 10 silence
the enemy's batteries
sxoected to Take Adr'anop'e'
Ard after Lulc Burgas the next step
.ar,d have seemed the storming OF
" .Sr,arople. When peace negotiations
should begin, 1t was vital point IN
sno,r favor in the negotiations to have
a drianople in their possession.
The bulgarian treatment OF the cor
.osnondents is one Of the many in.
IL N.H a
dications that the Bulgarian stan a,a
=, one time expect to take Adrianopie