SIEGE OF ADRIANOPLE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8407, 8 November 1912, Page 5

SIEGE OF ADRIANOPLE.

THE DEFENCE WEAKENING.

TURKS FIRE ON THE RED CROSS

LONDON, November 7

A*, report from Mustapha Pasha I states that the Turkish forts. round Adrianople. cannonade at intervals, otherwise to watchers outside Adrianople might be a deserted city. From the minarets of the mosques the Turks direct the gun fire, endeavouring to locate the Bulgarian encampment bidden in the hills, but the shells fail harmlessly. The Bulgarians strictly reserve. their fire until the hour appointed for* the general assault, Many wounded have been lying on the- -plains since the last combat at Marasch, whom nobody can succour. The' Bulgarian Red Cross is fired at every time it attempts rescue work. A well-known Sofia doctor was killed "while assisting wounded Turks. There have been .many skirmishes along the long battle-front. Bain has converted the surrounding country into a quagmire.