Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-01-20
Eyes Rucked Out Before
Prisoners We're sIliD;
!. \. Girls Killed

London, Jan. 19.-An illustration Of
the devastatiOntand destruction which
the recent war has left in It's wake in
Bulgaria is AFFORDED by a large mum.
Der or letters written by Greek ofic'
ers and soldiers which are now in
the hands of the Bulgarian govern
ment.
Many of these letters were written
by men in the Ninsteenth Greek regi.
ment and all were seized in the mail
by the -Bllgafianss at Rahlog.. The
authenticity Of the letters is .v0uched
for by Alarcus> Delmarl, aid:de-camp
to the king1at-s Sofia. All the letters
have been furnished to the Chicago
Examiner and the following r ex-
tracts:
, T0depes, Nov. 3O.-This war has
been terrible. We have burned all Of
the villages which were abandoned
by the Bulgariany and the Mannli.
cherrifles have done their work we'll.
OF the 1900 prisoners we took at Nj.
grita only forty are now alive. Ev'
erywhere we, have been we have TAX.
Cu SIOuC VuAO IOt " lOdFC u oAh6Ao
root of this race existing.
-. tSpiliotos Pcules PrilipOOs.
Morecostinitza, Dec. 10.-We have
burnt the two! villages of Doutlii anc
Banitze,s iii bith 81 which we're the
homes of the formidable ccmitadjas
We passed everything through the
fire test. sparlng only the women
and children and the aged. Once in q
while q church was left standing, al.
though burned. All this was done
without mercy or pity on the part Ct
the officers. The condemnation Of
the men to execution required es!
recial, cruelty.
(The signature was illegible)
River Nesto, Dec. 12-At Brodlii
We took five Bulgarians and a girl
from Series. We shut them In prison
and kept them there, but the girl was
finally killed because she. would not
do as she was commanded: The sol.
.diers were subjected to severe treat.
nlennt, Tor We picked out their eyes
under orders while at1rey were still
alive. They were afterward condemn
ed and shot, which is the fate of most
Of the military prisoners we take.
Affectionately yours
IL COscti.
4, Ey.,sNfy Niltagspsyrred.
River Nesto;; village OF Bansta.-ln
answer to your request that l tell
you about the, country. that we are
marching through and what we are
doing / must ajythateall Of the parts
we have passed through on this cam
paign are infested with. Bulgarians.
Every little while we ypas through q
Bulgarian village. Most of. the In
habitant shave deserted these, but
those who remain are:ieaten' alive by
the Mannlicherariflel we have also
burned q great many villages and
can best describe what has happened
by telling yo~u;ethats+ the Bulgarians
have been treated by us as the Ser
VANS treated them before.
MI III - Nakis.
Encamped in the de5ert-We have
beaten the Bulgarians. badly and we
are now about ut the Turkish-Bul.
garians frontier. Most Of the Bulgarians
have fled TO- Bulgaria, but we havA
maSsacredsall that were SO foolish as
to remain. We have burned all of
the villages through4which we pass
ed and not q Bulgarian remains in
this awful country. God only knows
what has become of them.
me- Zissis.
-'-. +. t.t.N #r -. E.+ss. "
Coutoumas.-When j stop to think
of what we have ben doing l thank
God that sucn things have never hap.
pened since the days of Jesus Christ,
and I pray-tliat such things will new.
er happen again, The Greek army
sets fire A644all.tyillages, occupied or
which have been occupied by Bulgar-
ials.asAfustsof thespeople of this race
have fled :thegeeuntry, but those. that
have not are killed almost as Q o
"a they are found. Sometimes they
are subjected to terrible fortunes. 1t