CHOLERA RAMPANT.

Grey River Argus, 22 November 1912, Page 5

CHOLERA RAMPANT.

TURKS DYING LIKE HIES PEACE NTCOTIATIONS PROGRESSING. ALLIES MORE .REASONABLE. , autonomy of albania ; ■■■■, ; agre£d to.' (By, "Electric Telegraph—Copyright). ■(Per Press Association). ... BOTH SIDES EXHAUSTED. - (Reed 8.10 p.m.) ' ':■•:■' :" ■-■;.■:■" LONDON, Nov 21. - •Mr. Donohoe states that both sides exhausted" afteor the fearful: artillery duel.- ' : ;.'■;• .-;■ It" is probable that the Bulgarians' attack was merely a reconnaissance info'ree -to test the vulnerability of the ' Turkish works. ' The Turks' displayed better fighting spirit than hitherto. '•• '■ . ■; The infantry •■ showed- admirable -steadiness of a" finer class. The Turkish reserves are now in 'the fighting; line. Both sides suffered great .losses.. The Turkish wounded are aow served decently by a good ambulance corps and arc streaming, into Hadem Keui. In Sunday's contest the warship prevented the Bulgarians turning the Turkish left.. : Lake Biijukchekmeje is too deep and wide for pontooning. The only passage for theT Bulgarians is by means of a narrow stone bridge close to the seashore. The warships destroyed the bridge after two days shelling. : (Reed 10.50 p.m.) The Bulgarians under cover of darkness on .Saturday pushed their infantry ■ forward within striking distance of the Turkish left. . ' "'' ' , The Bulgarians dug themselves into cover and held on, firing in the face of a heavy fire. "" >. The Bulgarian artillery burst shells with fine precision over the Turkish redoubts entailing heavy loss. While one section shelled the redoubts . another sought to destroy the Turkish infantry reserves, a favourite Sulgarian manoeuvre, which was brilliantly successful at Luli Burgas. ' One redoubt was smothered with shell fire, six shrapnell bursting simultaneously. V It was impossible to judge the success of the Turkish fire" owing to the haze\ enveloping the valley. ' Several warships at Bujukchekmeje pounded at. the Bulgarians on the heights.] ' '•'■'■ Several shells struck the village, which buitstjnto flames, while the Bugarians'-were -shelling the redoubts. The Turk\s are dying like flies from cholera and c^ysenteryl The rear of the army is dotted with isolation campt*, where the stricken soldiers are. focfcdless and waterless "without medical attendance. . ; They implored'^yllah' to end their sufferings. ; . . a *vL A few fatigue^ parties^, dug shallow graves and.. contiguous.'tfe the tents of the living they, buried a percentage of the dead. / . ■"%, . 4 ■,■ " ' (Reed it.3o p.m.) . %v.,. In Monday's fight it appeared as .if% Vl the concave formation of the Turkish defence was about to be broken, the centre isolating the wings while the Bulgarians' wedge advanced in the main road to Constantinople/but fortune favored th'c Turks and the Bulgarians wer unable to hold the adyanc,ed positions, which they -stormed at such heavy cost. ■■ - They fell back, the Turks vigorously shelling the retreaters, and occupying the redoubts. • .■...; 1 CONSTANTINOPLE Nov 21. Heavy firing was ■ heard yesterday, probably due to warships being saot aware of the truce which expires today. ; .■ ': , ' ..;■ -:; ■■■ :• ,■'■ . .".';■ If the Allies terms are accepted Na.zim Pasha and General FitehefT will be entrusted to arearige an armistice. The Allies terms include the'surrender of Adrianople, Scutari, Janina and all Turkish territory now in the A"ilir> . possessiin. the occupation' of Chataladje lines. ' "'. " . ■• ■ ■■• ' ANTONOMY OF ALBANIA. - LONDON,-Nov 21. The Daily Mails correspondent at Sofia states that the -Allies have V3e i. finitely abandoned the partitioned^ Albania and consented to its autonomy. .; ; CONSTANTINOPLE/ Nov 21; v The Porte lias suggetsed that the .. Powers withdraw their naval contingents,. asserting that it is no longer required. The Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers met-and decided not to alter for the present.. . • -.■■•-'• •/ Cholera and typKbid has broken out among the Bulgarians atßodosto and SiivriJ ' : • '■;■■ ' ■ <•":. • It is" believed that quartering the cholera pa tients on the Mosque. of Saint .Sophia was done to prevent' the enemy entering and celebrating a Te Deum. - 1 v Kiamil indicts that the Powers are not promptly cimmunicatirig the de- . mand for. an armistice is causing the loss of-thousands of lives. The Powers' hesitation 'compelled Turkey to approach Ring Ferdinand directly. Kiainii a-sks: dp the Powers disting-. uish how apt Moslems, in defeat as. well as in victory: ;If so,/what be^ • comes of their professiohs of humanity, and justice;.: . : V :;- ; v r ■'.•: -;•■;*.. BELGRADE/Nov 21..; V. ■- It is •semi officially stated that; the Government'will hot place difficulty in, the Austrian representative -proceeding ■•■ ; to Prizrend to communicat.e with'the Consulate. ; .V,:- -■'- A ATHENS, Nov 21.; . Soo wounded arrived :,ffom Salonika A Russian cruiser hastily sailed for ■*' Jaffa in consequence of reported massr -.-. acre of Christrans v ■ -.' V \ A band of Macedofnians ambushed 500 Turkish; regulars- in the Janina district, vlpUingJ: 24 and wounding 77; ; , fTht;rest^fledi :i ~r- :'i\.:X;'-+'r'.i\^ v; v';':