The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-07-12
Vol. XXXVI. No. 40.
BULGARIA PLANS CONQUEST.
WAR AGAINST SERVIA AND
GREECE BEING PRESSED
WITH NIGOR.

desperate Struggle for Existence
with Their Bigger Ncighbor. All
News from Scene of Conflict IL Of
Gcially Censored.
London, July THE most import
ant news from the seat Of war today
is the report, confirmed from Sofia.
OF the appearance of ? large Bulgar-
ian force at Vrania, .ening the
Servian line Of retr Still more
significant, as tendir = confirm the
belief that the ser' : are suffering
defeat, is the ( cement from
Belgrade that on eagre reports
are being receive = m the Servian
army headquart = In addition. a
rigorous censor = on the neWspa-
pers is being { U "a.
The Serviar = Ided described the
battles as al inhuman in their
ferocity, the throwing awav their
firearms and using their bayonets as
daggers. This accOrds with the in
formation from many sources of the
sanguinary fighting in the present
struggle.
Whs tever the policy Of the Europe
an powers may be, little is now heard
OF attempts TO stop the war. The
ambasadorial conference met in Lon
don again today, but apparently did
little except discuss the boundaries Of
Albania.
Meanwhile Roumania and Turkey
give signs that they will not longer be
idle spectators AMI the Balkan states
continue the struggle which will para
lyZe them for years to come.
News of the fighting confines con-
Trajectory. 1t is almost invariably
from official sources; no independent
testimony is available.
Detailed reports from Geek Off
cial sources describe how the Bull
garians last week by incessant labor
had transformed Knkish into another
Plevna with a surprising extent Of
trenches, guns and defenses, and
assert that the Greeks by their sue
cessful advance prevented the execu-
ton of a plan for n Bulgarian attack
on Saloniki.
y dispatch from Sofia says official
messages received from the front re-
port the occupation of Nigrita to the
west Of Lake Tahrnos by the Bulga-
rlan troops, who have also captured
other important strategical positions
from the Greeks. Gen. Ivanoff. COM
mander Of the Bulgarians, by a sur
prise attack dispersed a large part of
the Greek army numbering 10000
men under the personal command of
King Constantine.
The Servian minister here denies
the defeat of the TimOk division or
the Servian army and says that YES
terday it recaptured the town Of
krivolak from the Bulgarians. Ac-
cordlng TO other reports, however. IL
is not certain that the Timok divi-
sion was engaged in that operation.
The Times correspondent in the
Balkans who gives most reliable news
OF the situpation wires from Sofia that
King Ferdinand has left for the from
tier. but that army headquarters re-
main ut 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 Bulgarians are moving on
Plerot and Nranya. with the manifest
object of cutting the railway. From
Egri Palanka To Kotchaan the tide of
battle is rising and a long and des-
Perate struggle seems in prospect.
The Greeks continue successful The
capture of DOiran and Series are adj
mitted in Sofia. The Bulgarians recog-
nize that it was error to leave their
forces in the south So weak. This error
IS being remedied.