FALL OF RODOSTO.
OCCUPATION BY BULGARIANS.
PRECEDED BY MASSACRES
"TERRIBLE TURK" AT WORK
LONDON, November 7
The "Chronicle's". Constantinople ['correspondent says that . bands of famished Nizaias, or first line of the army, from Lule Burgas, converted Rodosto into a scene ot'. .•massaci'e, outrage, and pillage. Children were thrown into the 'flames. (Received November 8, 10.15 a.m.)
LONDON, November 7. The Bulgarians have . occupied Visa and llodosfco.
[Tlodosto is an important town on the .Sea of Marmora, about a hundred miles westward- of Constantinople. It has large caravansorkvs and khans, five Greek and two Armenian "churches, and is the seat of an important trade by sea. The population numbers about 20,000.]
[Visa is a town oF same size, lying to the East of Lule Burgas, and forming the point of a triangle, midway between tho latter town and Kirk Kilissc.i]
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8407, 8 November 1912, Page 5
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