The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-07-10
BULGARs REPULsE
ARMY Of sERq|A
Foe Driven Out Of veles After
Heavy Losses.
GREECE BLocKADEs COAST
Graphic Story Of Battle at kIIklsh ID
Told--Greeks Rush Through
Flank to Attack
Enemy.

! Vienna, July 7.-Desperate fighting
has been in progress between the Bull.
garians and Servians since Saturday
near veles (Koprili, according to the
Sofia correspondent of the Neue Freie
Presse. He says the Bulgarian troops
| repulsed the Servian southern wing,
with heavy losses and expect to oc.
cupy veles shortly.
The same correspondent telegraphs
that battle extending over an area
Of fifty miles is being fought north
of Salonika, where $4,000 Greeks are
opposed to 100000 Bulgarians, The
Bulgarians had made a number Of
minor attacks since last Monday with
the object of inducing the Greeks to
take the offensive. The bait was taken
and the battle was begun. The re-
suit is expected to be a deciding fac
tor in the Greek and Bulgarian cam
paign. -.
Drive Greeks Out. 3.
The Bulgarian troops are reported
by the correspondent Of the Tageblatt
to have reoccupied Ghevgheli at the
point Of the bayonet after the Greeks
had been in possession of the place
for forty eight hours. The Bulgarians
are reported to be advancing on Egri
Palanka, where a great battle with
the Servians is imminent.
1t is announced here from an unofii-
cial source that Turkey has agreed
to remain neutral in the Balkan con
fiict in return for the concession
made by Bulgaria in connection with
the war indemnity.
Greeks Take Town.
Salonika, July 7.-Greek troops cap
tured from the Bulgarians the small
town of Lahana on the railroad from
Salonika to Series. II Is considered
the most important position In the vi
cinity and the key to Series, which
lies about twenty miles to the north
east. The losses on both sides were
considerable.
Repulsed at Frontier.
Belgrade, July 7.-Bulgarian troops
were repulsed after a severe battle at
Zayetchar, a Servian frontier town, &C
cording TO reports received here.
THE newspapers state that the Bull
garian troops have been driven from
the fortified positions they had taken
up on the left banks Of the rivers Bre-
galinitza and Zhelenitza after their
first defeat. Large numbers of prison
ers we're taken by the Servians.
"' Greece DEGREES Blockade.
Athens, July 7.-Greece has decreed
a blockade Of the coasts of Thrace and
Macedonia. between 26 degree min
utes and % degrees SO minutes, east
longitude. Neutral ships moored In
ports in the blockade zone will be CIV
en- "a hours grace to leave.
Storm kilkish Trenches.
New York, July IA graphic story
OF the battle between the Bulgarians
and Greeks at Kilkish, Is miles north
of Salonika, was received by the Greek
daily newspaper, Atlantis, direct from
Salonika. II says:
by II o'clock the Bulgarians had
come to the conclusion that it was inn
possible to stop the advance Of the
Greeks, so they started a great confia-
grafton along their front for a dis
lance of more than two miles in order
to hide the movements Of their army
The Greek light infantryuin their
kits, however, dashed forward, darted
through the circle of flames and
brought about the complete demorali-
zation of the Bulgarian troops.
Then ensued a. wild spectacle,
Greeks and Bulgarians being mixed
together in a furious hand-to-hand
fight. The trenches at Kilkish were
filled with dead"
Annihilatina Each Other.
Vienna, July The Bulgarian and
Servian troops are fairly annihiliating
each other in the campaign now rag
ing. The battle is marked by more
bitter and cruel fighting than at any
time during the war between the Bal
kan allies and the Turks. Semi-offi-
cial reports state the Bulgarians lost
10000 men killed and wounded and
Servia $4,000.