THE BALKAN WAR
TURKS STRENGTHEN THEIR POSITION. A SLIGHT ENGAGEMENT. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SOFIA, August 20. The Turks occupied the Kuchukyavak: avid Gumurjina districts after an engagement with . a small Bulgarian garrison. The latter sustained slight casualties. Bulgaria has stopped demobilisation in the districts facing the' Turkish positions. Greece has notified her willingness to evacuate Xanthi, .Gumurjina, and Dedeagatch to-morrow, and it is suggested that Bulgaria should occupy them on Fridav. but Bulgaria objects to the shortness of the notice, in view of the danger of Turkish occupation. VIENNA. August 20. The military attaches report that the fortifications at Adrianople are nearly restored. Ari enormous quantity of ammunition and provisions has been stored in the city. PRISONERS DIE IN THOUSANDS. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 20. In connection with the exchange of Greek and Turkish prisoners,' it was found impossible to approximate the number of Turkish captive?. The Greeks state that several thousand of their prisoners died during their confinement, but no cause is given. The deaths were probably duo to cholera or escapes.
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Evening Star, Issue 15268, 21 August 1913, Page 6
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171THE BALKAN WAR Evening Star, Issue 15268, 21 August 1913, Page 6
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