Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-08
|BULGARS ON HEELS
OF FLEEING SERBS
Report That Large Body of the
Defeated Army Is
Bottled Up.
WOUNDED MEN PORTRAY
SCENES or FEROCITY
Greeks Pressing 3ulgarians Toward
the Notwithstanding Advices
From Seat of War.


pulsing several SMALL .:Grvian forces
the Bulgarian troops have succeeded in
penetrating 20 Vrarja, the war COM
missariat station or the Servian army.
according % e. Sofia dispatch to the
Neue F'reie Presse. Tire Bulgarians. il
says, a.a row advancing along the
Moravs river. II this proves correct the
Bufgar.a.-.s hagc - their advance cut
of a. h;tyc body Q. ;;ervian troops from
Bel9cad,.
Tfae rncs, Important news from the
seat OF war IS the report. confirmed
from Sofia cf the appearance Of a
large Bulgarian force at Nranja,
threatening the Servian line OF retreat
Still more significant, as tending TO
confirm the belief that the Servians are
suffering defeat, is the announcement
from Belgrade that only meager re-
ports are being received from the Ser
Wan army Headquarters. and that the
government has decided to publish re-
ports only on alternate days. In ad-
dtt.oa, a rigorous censorship on the
newspapers is being enforced, and the
publication OF special war editions has
been stopped.
The Servian wounded describe the
| battles as almost inhuman In their
ferocity. the men throwing away their
firearms and using their bayonets as
daggers This accords with the in
formation from many sources OF the
sanguinary character Of the fighting
and the wholesale slaughter Witnessed
| In the present struggle.
Real Situation Obscured.
| Dispatches received at Vienna from
Belgrade show how impossible II Is TO
gather any Idea Of the real situation from
| the Official statements disseminated from
| BELGRADE and Sofa. One dispatch. direct
from Belgrade, announces fresh victories
| for the Servian troops. who are said 20
/ have captured the Bulgarian posittvn at
| Kitki, on Osigowa plain. as well as RuJan
/ Heights. II Is also asserted thai tle
way to Kustendal now lies open to the
| Serbs and that the BulSar.ans Sunday
| tried to cross the frontier near Obrenovao
| north Of Prot, but were driven back with
| heavy losses.
Another message from Belgrade. by
| way Of Semlin. where the correspondents
| evade the censor says private adSices
regarding the disaster to the Servfan
Timok division anu the critical post on
| OF the Morava division have become
known In Belgrade and have causeu tne
| deepest depression. 1t is added that the
| Morava division has been snaltereu aid
| that the last levy. comprising Ali males
between sixty and eighteen years of age
| has been summoned to arms Ee nj
| thousand wounded. according to this
message. have been brought to Belg Ale.
King Ferdinand Goes to Frontier.
LONDON. July a-The Times CORE.
spondent in the Balkans. who gives most
reliable news OF the situation. wires from
Sofia that King Ferdinand has left for
the frontier, but that army headquarters
remain at Sofia.
The Servian border. according to this
correspondent. has been crossed at four
| points-at Saitchar and St. Nicholas and
two intervening points-while the Bull
| gar;ans are moving on Pirot and Vranjs
| with the manifest object OF cutting the
| aiiway.
From Egri Palanka to kotchana the
| tide OF battle is rising, and a long and
desperate struggle seems In prospect
| The Greeks continue successful. The
| capture of Dorian and Series are admit.
ted in Sofia The Bulsarians recognize
that II was an erro. to leave their forces
in the south so weak. This error is be-
mo bulletins" continues the CORE
| spondent. were issued today, but sewers
lighting continues west OF Kotchana
where the fourth Bulgarian army undeI
| Gen. Kovatcheff, the war minister, Il
being reinforced by the NTH army undel
Gen. Tosheff. which Is advancing IRON
| n ustendi. The tate Of the campaign wal
| probably be decided by the result OF
The operations in This quarter.
Sanguinary Conflict.
! Within the last few days Isup has
| been twice taken Dy the Sary:aas anc
| twice reIaken by tine Duisa!!aEs, anu
| hard hgntlnx Is s;iii reported a.oun0
| notchana. Small Serv.aG de.acsmenls
| have made raios on Bulgarian sorr. .ors
| to the north OF kus;endiI anu calrleu
| away a numDer OF women ana cai.Gren.
"A Servlan column, advancing Oh BEL
| osradcnik from the Timok vaiIey. has
| been routed with the loss Of i've guns
| Whatever the policy Of the European
powers may be, little Is now heard Of
| attempts to stop the war. The AN pas
| saQorlal conference met in London
| again yesterday. but apparently did
nttle except to discuss the boundaries
OF Albania. Meanwhile Roumania and
! Turkey give signs that they will not
long be Idle spectators. and the Balkan
| states continue the struggle which VIII
paraiyze them for years to come.
| News OF the fighting continues contra
| dictory in character. II Is almost In
varlabiy from orflcial sources In the re-
spectiye capitals; no Independent testi-
mony is available. This apples equally
\ TO the struggle between the Greeks AMI