Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-01-10

Dl' respondents is one of the MANY IN.
us cations that the Bulgarian star 4
expect at n time to take AdriaDon
by storm.
as IL was argued by serious corr
Iul spondents who did not feel that m,
Ily ought to waste their time or ~
money of their papers in idleness. tn,
ct .he bulgarian government ought n,
10 nave received any correspondent
a' all But this was not logic to IN
government The press represente
!: pubic opinion. 1t could serve
purpose and all the college professor
"a ~ the land who spoke any foreie,
n language found their work In the com
s. mon cause, no less than grandfatbe
p round his in driving an OK cart an,
J. the women in making bread
II plan was well thought out. ant
'ne regulations, which would fill a col
r umh, left nothing that occurred n
oncers or college professors out OF
consideration No mention was to he
raue Oh the wounded. nor even OF the
8 weather. II 1t were bad. for bad weatb.
er might tell the enemy that the roads
were bad.
WINE many an imaginary account
because 1t had the similitude OF nara.
1--WE which characterizes all ~convinc.
ing notion, was hailed az real war
correspondence, the Bulgarian stan
"neh II came to actual reports Tex.
,.u'i'e OF massacres), was scrupulous-
brief. "o anu
All praise by the press kept the
ua,i Oh the prestige of victory rolling
=. helpeo to convince the powers and
.ne Turk that the Bulgarian army wa,
irresistible. The stage climax of tho
"noie campaign would be the fall 81
Aorlanople. Therefore were the cor.
r%eSpohdents moved to Mustanb.
rasha' Just Lule Burgas was being
won; and Constantinople, being then
supposedly defended only by a de.
morallzed army, which could not make
a Stahd' every report from Mustapha
rasha which showed that A~drianonlo
was on the point of capitulatIon added
~ .he stage effect of Bulgarian tri.
umph. AZ
turks Defy the BuIoars.
AS the first Bulgarian army drou, |
hear the Tchatalja lines, the misc ON l
scene was complete; but Nazlm Pasba
making use of the elapsed time to for.
the Tchatalja lines, rather than 7
'upm't TO the humiliating terms of. 6
eleu' pade the Bulgarian hosts t
come on o''' 7
success had turned the heads ever "
u the bulgarian staff. They had fl
'egun to think that the old fgbtino r,
Iuailty was out Of the Turk. and On a.
'ii,ihg was the Bulgarian infantry to a
ndergo slaughter that it was onIv a tc
ase OF recording another charge Of tc
esn against shrapnel and automatic W
un nre, and the day was won. et
Alas, an old principle of. war dea,.
with an impossibility of the same
'oer as squaring the circle in mathe. a
la,ics' was now to bring generalshin L.en
ack from the clouds to solid earth in
fou can take strong positions n
only with time by sapping and "
ming and all the weary operations tn,
d siege, as the indomitable Grant to
armed oy the failure of his first rusb w,
9 at Vicksburg and the indom. Of
Die Nogi learned by the failure q, to
3 nrst rush attack at Port Ar. kis
lr. ar .
N a week any army that has snades the
u rev or the resources of mate sin
l which should be part of the store. tac
at It's base should make such a Ia,
'ition as that of the series of rising ron
10 pack OF Tchatalja fully tenable h T
ro sieee attack, unless the
70 was room for a flank attack. or
Turks Turn the Tables. ano
'ho tne breadth Of the position had
II 10 infantry approach in anv at. ove,
pit at storming wa c~ly "a mi,os IT,
le from either sea side of the mar nost
peninsula the Turkish navy could corr
g INTO play more powerful euns NJ,
1 any Demetrieff had at his die. . 81,
a 81
tho sou ~ Ivan
lou. ~ ,ne'e Is 10 De Kept Adri
lew the generally accepted tenet tow,
you must not send infantry tbe
itS noheo position ton,
lown that they can be kent undor ~ :.
rol during the infantry attach IT.
wen concentrated fire Of your Russ
batteries. NuSe
metrieff used his guns for n dav nou
ylng TO develop the strength and cr,it.
ION OF the enemy's batteries. But 80
iurks would not be drawn. At and =,
he tables were turned, @
awhile %Adrianople also was tell WIZ
q who,hos as inuch as you think
whether the original plan of and :,
staff was to mask his Tho
ss or to take 1t by storm tho vou =
,sr ~ a. oniy result was They
ru,a~. lesson was that their
arrison in the rear of an advan. tbe;r
army though it is held securelv Ar
eS'ment remains a mighty force starve
for the enemy's purpose. v,nced
hre meant Adrianople to ha = 90.
s. Past 1t on the south flows and o.
.arltZa river. taking IFS or,o;, ~ -.