Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-05
kiIkish Carried by Hell
leniCs at Point of the
Bayonet.
BODIES FILL TRENCHES
VanquiShed Troops Abandon
Munitions and Wounded
and Flee to the North.

New York, July 5.-A graphic story
| Of the battle between the Greeks and
Bulgarians at Kilkish, near Saloniki,
was received by the Greek newspaper
Atlantis today direct from Saloniki. 1t
says:
The battle ended at 10 in the morn
ing of July in a complete Cefeat
of the Bulgarians after a severe POM
bardment of the town by Greeks, who
carried the place at the point of the
! bayonet. The town was occupied by
! part ofthe Hellenic tr2.p5, while ;heir
! comrades continued pursuit. Of the
! Bulgarians, who fed in disorder, leav-
! ing many fed and machine guns be-
hind. Kilkish was almost completely
| destroyed by fire before the Bull
| garians fed The battle in front of
| Kilkish was more important than any
of those fought by the allies in the
! campaign between Turkey and the
| Balkans. The Bulgarians, who were
| much superior in numbers, had sur
rounded the town with defensive
works and trenches nearly six feet
! deep and narrow 50 the occupants S
were sheltered from splinters of
/ shells.
| UNABLE TO STOP ADVANCE.
Firing started at Thursday morn.
! ing. The Greek infantry received or
ders TO advance by short rushes at
i the double, so as 10 render incl
| ticaciOl1s the marking of distances By
the Bulgarian artillery, BY II O'Clock
the Bulgarians came to the concfu-
sion that it was impossible to stop the
advance of the Greeks, so they start
ed a great confiagTati0n along their
front for distance of over two miles
in order to hide the movements of
their army The Greek light infantry
in kits dashed forward, darted
through the circle of flames and
brought about complete demoraliza-
ton of the Bulgarian troops.
BATTERIES sJLENCED.
Meantime Greek artillery had TAX
en- up a fresh position, opened fierce
cannonade and soon reduced the Bull
garian batteries to silence. Mean.
while the Greek infantry, with hay
one.s fixed had arrived within 80 feet
of the Bulgarian trenches. Then en-
sued a wild spectacle, Greeks and
Bulgarians being mixed together in
furious hand-to-hand fight. At 5
o'clock Friday morning the Bulgarian
ID,,Is
abandoning munitions and wounded
and fleeing in disorder north, the
Greeks pursuing without pity. The
trenches at Kilkish were filed with
dead.
DEVASTATE Will AGES.
THE victory Of the Greek division
at Nigrita was also complete. The
Greek commander telegraphed for
steamer to be sent to Stavros to en-
bark a Bulgarian regiment taken pris-
oners at Nigrita 1t is said Bulgarian
troops, when they abandon towns and
villages, devas:ate them after massa-
cring women and children in a bar
barous manner.
PRISONERS MISTREATED.
London, July 5.-A disgraceful Incl
dent marked the arrival at Belgrade
today of 1865 Bulgarian prisoners of
war, according to a special dispatch.
The prisoners were marched through
the streets in the presence of i'm
mense crowds of Servians, who closed
in and cheered wildly at the rear Of
; the wagons. The. wagons were load
; ed with wounded, lying three deep,
= many of them apparently dying. Peace
between the two nations is impossible
: after this, says the correspondent
,I BULGARS REPULsED.
Vienna. July desperate fighting
has been in progress between Bull
( garians and Servians since yesterday
: near Veles (KoprilD, according to the
= Sofia correspondent of the Neue Free
Presse. He says the Bulgarian troops
( were repulsed with heavy losses. The
same correspondent telegraphs h2t-
!; tie extending over an area of so miles
: is being fought north of Saloniki be
tween $4,000 Greeks and 100000 Bull
4 garians. The result is expected to
+ be a deciding factor in the Greek
+ Bulgarian campaign.
e Belgrade, July Bulgarian troops
n have attacked Zayetohsr, a frontier
81 town, according 10 reports. A serious
engagement is expected during the
day The Bulgarian attacks on Faye.
tohar was repulsed after a severe
7 battle.
+ London, July Sit is understood
y here that the powers will not inter
:. vene in the Balkan conflict and that
> the belligerents will be allowed to
fight out their quarrel