New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-07
FIGHTING IN GALL|P0u;;
TURKS LOSE 5000 MEN
RuIoarian Army Victorious in
1wo.Day Engagement Near
the DardaneIIeS.
MOSLEMS 10000 STRONG
Request That Foreigners Be
Permitted to Leave Adri-
anople Refused by
Sofia Cabinet.

London, FeD. IA COnStantinOple
d,snatch 10 The Daily News" says that
heavy fghting has been going on for
,wo DAYS in Gallipoli and that the
pulgarjans have won all along the line.
The Turks, on their own admission.
have lost 5000 men.
The fghting began on Tuesday. The
Rulgars advanced from Kadikeui
toward KAYAK. which the Turks occu-
MED. The fight lasted until evening,
when the Turks retired to Bulair. An
other Bulgar force on the Marmora
coast occupied Myriophyto.
II is reported that the Bulgars before
leaving Rodesto burned all the military
buildings.
The Grand Nizier. Mahmoud Schefket
Pacha. in his recent visit to the front
is understood TO have met General
Savoff, but nothing came Of the inter-
view
The fact that the Bulgarians appear
10 be moving their positions westward
along the Tchataldja lines seems to
show that they realize there Is a posi-
bIity Of ar attempt 10 outfank them,
but so fa- t''.~o IS no confirmation OF
the rumor. he Turks are moving
troops by sea 90 the neighborhood Of
Rodosto and Midia.
The main body Of the Turkish troops
has retired behind the main line Of de-
fence at Gallipoli, according 10 a dis
patch to The Daily Telegraph"
A Constantinople dispatch says that
the Bulgarians attacked the Bulair
forts, but were compelled to retire to
their ole positions. The Turkish
cruiser Messudiah. with two torpedo
boats, has sailed for the Black Sea, APP
parently to cover the landing near
Midia Of troops from Trebizond.
The Turkish lines at Bulair and
across the neck of the peninsula are
we'll defended by modern works. which
ought TO offer effective resistance.
Fighting at this point should bring the
rival fleets into the operations.
From these reports ii can be seen
hands troops is marching straight for
the city of Gallipol. 1t has occupied
already the villages Of Modesto, Char
keui, KAYAK and Bulair which are Oh
the neck Of the peninsula. There is &
large force of Turkish troops, prob
ably seventy thousand strong. on the
Gallipoli Peninsula. These in the opin-
ion Of military experts should. owing
70 their favorable position, be able 10
offer a strenuous resistance 10 the ad-
vance Of the Bulgarians from the north
The guns of the Dardanelles forts also
can be trained toward the land side, so
that the Bulgarians have a severe task
before them.
The financial embarrassment Of all
the combatants and the loss Of cnthu-
siasnI for the war by the peoples Of
the countries involved lead To the be-
lief that peace negotiations will soon
be resumed.
Dr. Daneff, head Of the Bulgarian
delegation, left London yesterday for
Sofia. The ambassadors Of the powers
had another meeting in London in the
afternoon.
Sofia. Feb. 6.-The ministers Of the
powers in Sofia to-day communicated
TO Premier Guechoff the request Of the
consuls at Adrianople for permission
for foreigners TO leave the town or for
the establishment Of a neutral zone for
their protection. Premier Guechof de-
clined TO accede 10 the request.
NJ. Guechoff said in explanation that
there was no precedent for foreigners
leaving besieged place under similar
circumstances. and there were weighty
reasons why Bulgarian headquarters
could not grant such permission.
The Turkish army occupying the
peninsula Of Gallipoli and defending
the Dardanelles suffered defeat at the
hands Of the Bulgarian troops to the
south of the River KAYAK yesterday.
according to a semi official statement
made to-day at the Bulgarian War Of
fee
The Ottoman troops are said 10 have
retreated in disorder toward the town
of Bulair, small place TO the north
east Of the city Of Gallipoli. They were
pursued holly by he Bulgarians.
The statement concludes that as the
result Of this success of the Bulgarian
troops nearly the whole coast of the
Sea Of Marmora as far as Bulair is
now in the hands Of the Balkan allies.