DESPERATE BATTLE OF MONASTER.

TERRIBLE CONDITIONS AT SAN . STEFANO QAMP. •...., , . (Received November 22; 10.20 a,m.)- ' BELGRADE, November 1 2IJ Turks armed the inhabitants of Monastir. The latter fought with .great/ for- 1 ocity, inflicting heavy., losses on the Servians* ' The Sighting, ling, covered thirty miles. < The.fight, lasted four 6&yß, j and /included the most ., bloody enoounter; of the 1 war. The Turks, made desperate counter-attaickß, but were continually repulsed.-. • When the .Servians captured the heights, the Turks, with a final effort, j broke through the cordon, and escaped to* Ochrida. . „. . . Prisoners state that eighty thVusand Tui'ks were engaged. The Servians estimate^ that 20,000 Tui*ks were killed or wovinded. . LONDON, November 21.Reuber's Constantinople* .correspondent visited San Stefano camp. .He says that soldiers on a railway ' embankment 30ft. liigh 'prevented the escape' of tine inmates*. There xvjpe appalling, scenes within the camp. Bodies were thrown from trains and lay where they had fallen. Some were on, top oi the em- : bankraent ; others had rolled halfway down, and others lay 'iti heap's at the bottom. In one spot sijcty lay dead or dying. Tliey had, kept' together a-ppar^ ently^v foi*^ >y4rrnth2 when the water tank arrived' iind army' bread was distributed some who were able to* drag themselves along secured food; , others were fobdless', arid' lay' kroWnd h, ''con' laminated well, into which they lowered long sashes for water, with Which they moistened their mouths; | Hundreds of 'dead lay m all directions,. and there were thousands of sick, mostly without . shelte*. ' j

ITlie Telegraph's correspondent describes the square at Hademkoi as resem/.bling fly paper, covered Aritli corpses and '\ Writhing bodies. Some .were Kitting or 'kneeling and others were ivi^.g prune. Dead bodies were piled m benps -jji some places. Tlie stretcher bearer v:<>ye constantly bringing fresh . victin:* from the camps and forts. All the truck* leading to an impromptu morgue wcrv dotted with bodies. (Australian Press Specials.) LONDON, Nov. 15. There is marked optimism m Berlin, and it is believed that the European war crisis has passed. The news has now become public that last week all Germans liable for military service received preliminary notices, which would precede a possible mobilisation. It is asserted, however, that this was purely a precautionary action on the part of the authorities. » Subscription lists have been opened by Servian newspapers for the purpose of collecting funds to create a fleet. St. Petersburg journals have been offi : cially directed not to refer to the mobilisation' of the Russian army which was reported yesterday. Nevertheless secret .mobilisation of the army continues. ■'■* Semi-officiAl journals deny that Russia has been committed to any policy of agreement with Austria. . :.Sjeryia still 'displays an irreconcilable attitude on the question of an Adriatic port. ... .' ' ■.. Over 300 members of Parliament have , signed a letter urging the Great Powers to combine to relieve the distress of the ndn-cofiibatants m £he Balkans. The main part of the Greek army 'has entered .Salonika. ■ General Kleoimenes is the idol of the hour, 1 and • E people- crowd about him "waiting to kiss iivhands.. The troops looked as fresh as if they had just left Athens. :' A war correspondent at Budapest asserts that the Bulgarians made a serious blunder after the battle of Kirk Kilisr", arid that m consequence two regiments were wiped out of existence. The fault was due to the impetuosity of General Toseff, vwho ordered two regiments to pursue' the' Turks, but failed to see that Jie.was, sending, the men to their- certain 'destruction. -The retreating Turks were re-formed, and caught the advancing Bulgarians m ambush, annihilating them to' a man with a murderous gunfire. Toseff was degraded, and King Ferdinand himself tore the epaulets from the officer's shoulders. He committed /raicide rather than endure the shame. Before cutting the submarine cable between Constantinople and Lemnos, thjgi-ff'urkish island m the Aegean Sea. recently captured by Greek warships, tlve .Gr.^k : Admiral telegraphed : "We're still 'waiting ' for tlte ; Turkish fleet to come put of Dardanelles." PICTURES' OF AWFUL WOUNDS. , . LONDON; Nov. IS.The Times war correspondent with the. Bulgarians relates the appalling experiences of some of the wounded. . "Many of them," he says, "lay on the bare ground unattended for three hot days and three bitterly cold nights. In the temporary, hospitals were rows of soldiers, with 'swollen and gangrened limbs, and little hope of being saved. I saw a young officer after one of the battles with his body, his head, his l4gs.. and his arms torn by 13 different wounds made by shrapnel. There he had lain for three days. His mother, dried-eyed and dumb with grief; sat watching him whils nurses dj&sed' his awful 'hurts. She had lost her husband m the war. and had two more sons at the front." Half a loaf of bread has constituted the rations for each Turkish soldier m Adrianople, and- has had to last him two days. .'■.:'■■■ The Belgrade correspondent of the Times reports that »a group /"of Chauvinistic officers hope that the: army will make a 'successful resistance against the Austrians, but their 'bellicose attitud* is not favorably received m official circles. The question at present is whether serious and responsible statesmen will be able to withstand the extremists' appeal to "khaki emotions." The general feeling of 'tension m Europe seems to be slightly relaxed. M. Daneff's mission to' Vienna at the instance of the King of Bulgaria, to mediate between Austria and Servia, has, it is believed, been partially successful. • M. Daneff, m an interview; stated' that the Balkan States intended to preserve their alliance. Constan- ■ tinople, he declared, ■was not fitted to ; be the capital'qf a. young and serious State. * . "If, the Turks withdraw from that city," he went on> "we shall pursue them, but we aro aware that, the interests of the Great Powers' are involved m this matter, and we shall take this circumstance into account." '•< i Vienna still maintains a truculent attitude, and asserts that Austria is able to support her demands with arm- . Ed men, and that she has the full sup- , port of Germany and Italy. Procrastination or dilatory tactics on the part, of Servia will not be tolerated. ' The Times' correspondent m Vienna says that these pronouncements should ,not yet' be taken seriously. Berlin announces that notwithstanding the alarming telegrams regarding Austrian mobilisation, every effort will be made to keep German heads cool. It is once more insisted that the unanimity of the Triple Alliance does riot # constitute a menace of any kind. United action will only be taken when the challenge comes from elsewhere. ' ■ ■ ■ Parisian opinion holds' that France lias; no direct interest m the obtaining of an Adriatic port by Servia, but Russia is deeply concerned, and France mustassociate herself with Russia. .