The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-03

tions around A6riauoDIe While easy
glory was to be- the fortune OF Demo
trlen who commanded the nrst army
until the first army had 20 take 20
sitlons in front without any opportu.
nifty fer Ranking. which was the ma
ture Of lyanors task FROM the start.
ivanoH Wakes Up.
II was Papastepe and Kartaltepe
which Weakened IyaGof from his dream
Of a final brilliant stroke in keeping
with the earlier oner OF the war, just
az Tchutalia brought Demetrieh down
from the clouds OF oyerconf renee.
Papastepe Is one Of many hills in the
narrowing rib Of the 203 Meter Hill
OF the siege with guns in position
there. A~drianople would be under
bombardmcnt. The Bulgarians took
# by sending in the usual cloud OF in
fantry and losing about q thousand
men. But the Turks took 1t back
again. Four times. ! am told, 1t
changed hands in the course OF those
night actions which we observed only
by the brilliant flashes IN the sky
above the bills
Far up the valley In the mist was
Kartolteps. that other important hill
which commanded the river bottom OF
the Arde. We took Kartaltepe In No
vember and q month afterward, in one
Of their splendid sorties, the Turks,
SO far AS | could learn, had taken 1t
back; but It was as untenable for
az Papastepe wac for the Bui-
garians. Possibly because It was again
and very evidently ours perma'
the Bulgarian censors had
found II worth while to confound
skepticism and persistent u~nfriendly
by allowing the c~orrespon-
dents 10 enter the promised land of
dreams, where for weeks, be-
.ween the batteries on the hills and
he infantry In the muddy river bot
ON Of the Arda, hell had ragged In the
rains.
We did not know then, as we were
know a few days later, that beyond
{a-taltcpe II the direction Of Dele.
was another force Isolated from
he AdrIanople garrison and the main
Turkish army, that Of Taver Pasha
With 10000 men, caught in the literal
iood of that l00.yard dash OF the
eady, informed, prepared ~aggressor
the unready enemy taken IN
ware and Fastening re-enforcements
0 the scattered g]arrisons and trying
adjust itself for the blow to fall
With the crash Of a pile driver releas-
ID from It's clutch,
DiscIoses War Secret.
But Taver Pasha's 10000 were still
force In being, with guns and full
quipment~-a force in a box; a force
u desperation.
Do you see the Adrianople garrison
which vas In touch by wireless with
he Turkish main army striking out
0 connect up with Tayer Pasha? Do
see Taver Pasha trying out lines
I least resistance in a savage effort
reach Adrlanople or the main Tur
lsh army?
Something to stir the blood. this, in
he way of a var drama, while not a
foreign correspondent or at
ache knew even of the existence of
aver Pasha's command until It's BUR.
The news of this was conveyed with
he official assurance that now no 9TH
r Turkish force except that OF Adri-
nople remained In Thrace, when we
ad been under the impression for
Yer a month that It was the only
ne! The censors did not smile as
hey posted the bulletin, but some Of
he correspondents suliled~-at them
No, after the first rainbow hope Of a
ucceseful general attack was over.
vanoff was fully occupied in holding
.~drianople safely in siege. That bat
cry Of old Krupps. which fired over
he advanced Serylan infantry posi-
ion, while a battery Of Creusots in
urn fired over 1t. added their items of
violence to the same end.
These Krupps we're taken by the
russians at Plevna in the war of 1877.
3 and given to the little army Of the
.ew nation OF Bulgaria. Bulgarian re-
had dragged them through tho
muddy roads and over the pastures
nd beautifully emplaced them, and
we're working them against the enemy
With boylsh pride. But the world was
only Of the modern CreuSots
nd their brilliant showing.
The Bulgarians almost proved that
Iou can make bricks without straw
They won the war by the bravery OF
heir s~elf-conhdense as well as BY
heir courage.
Adrisnopie, which was about to
II II did not fall. had, ! am con.
two months supplies when the
lrmistice was signed With the 10
and 2~0-yearold conscripts already on
way 20 the front, with a casualty
LIST that IS easily one-ffth OF the whole
army, there sas no sign of weakening
The square chin Of the stoical Bull.
was as firmly set as ever !
what would happen in Europs
II It Included in its borders a nation Of
100000 900 Bulgarians!
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