The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-07-16
BALKAN ALLIES IN WAR.
Condition Described by One Who has
Visited i'm the Zone.

lerlnS experienced by the Balkan al
lies in the war of the Balkan States
with Turkey is told in communica-
ton received by Evangelist A. III.
EVers, who is now holding Gospel
services in Laurens, from Evangelist
j. F. Huenergardt, of Budapest. Hun
gary, who has made several visits to
the war zone. Evangelist Huenergardt
is the president of the Danube Union
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists,
which comprises the Kingdoms of
Hungary, Roumania, Bulgaria, Servia,
Croatis, Slovonia, Bosnia, Hervogovi-
MIA, and Montenegro. He said:
"In Sofia, Belgrade, and Nish, /
saw great many of the soldiers and
officers, and the wounded and prison
ers in the city of Sofia, prisoners from
the city of Adrianople, where they
had taken thousands Of prisoners. The
general of the Turkish army was
Sukri-Pasha; the Turks were defeat
ed by the Servians near Bitol. There
the Servians took 10000 prisoners in
the battle of Kumanova
Il at first visited the city of Bel
grade, where we have nice church
In Belgrade in almost every house
there was one wounded-some men,
ber Of the family In spite of this
they seemed to be very jolly and cool
because they thought it was a great
thing to have this honor.
while | was in Belgrade, the bod
les of generals who had fallen in the
| battle Of Adrianople were brought
back. Thousands of people had gath
cred at the railroad station and the
music they played did not sound
very mournful. 1t was the jolliest
music that / ever heard in my life.
When / asked the reason for the oc-
casion, | was told that five officers
were about to be buried.
From there / went to the city of
Sofia. This city looks more like a
camp for soldiers than a city. There
are thousands and thousands of SOL
diers on all sides. The schools in
every available building are occupied
by the military. AS | passed along
the main street, | saw the Turkish Of
ficers and soldiers, who had been talk
en- prisoners in the coffee houses TAX
ing life leisurely. They were looked
at a great deal, but they did not seem
to notice it at ALL They were brought
there from Adrianople They got
good meals and good places to sleep,
so they probably enjoyed it more than
on the camp and battlefield
about the suffering-I saw many
wounded soldiers with arms shot off,
and legs shot off, going on a walking
stick as best they could. Some had
eyes blown out 1t was terrible
sight. But they did not seem to com
plain. When / talked with some OF
them through a translator they all
seemed to be very contented
During the battle OF Adiranople,
the Bulgarians took the fort of Kork-
alssa. The Germans who fortified
the place said that it would take at
least three months to capture it. But
the Bulgarians took it in three days.
Most of the volunteers of Bulgaria fell
at that battle. These volunteers
fought like tigers. The fort was sur
rounded by steel hedges, but those in
front ran up, and threw themselves
on the barbed wires, until they had
made a way for their companians to
go over their bodies to the fort it
self. Thousands pershed in that
way.
"Some of the Bulgarians were so
brave that they did not even wait for
| the commander. They simply just ran
right ahead. The officers could not
keep them back. There were some
towards among the officers.
"Once a peasant of the Bulgarians
shot one of his officers. They took
him before the commander, and he
said:
"'Do you know whom you have
shot?
"I thought it was q Turk
"'Well, it was not Turk, it was
your officer
His answer was, 4 thoW 1T an
officer could not run. The Turks
run. You read 1t to us yourself that
when we see any Bulgarian run, we
should shYot him.