THE BALKAN WAR.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 584, 12 July 1913, Page 5

THE BALKAN WAR.

BULGARIA BEATEN. APPEAL TO RUSSIA. Berlin, Thursday. It is reported that General lvanoff. the Commander of the first Bulgarian Army, which moved westwards from Chataldja to attack the Greeks near Salonika, has been forced to surrender, with all hiß troopi, to the Greeks. The reports Btate that thfc Servians cut off his retreat and that, menaced by a superior force of Greeks from Salonika, he had to choose between surrender or the wiping out of his force. A telegram received in Paris from St. Petersburg states that Bulgaria has informed the Russian Government that, in order to prevent bloodshed, she places herself unreservedly in Russia's hands. The Paris Matin announces that the Powerß are urging Bulgaria to arrange terms with her enomies. Similar messages are to hand from St. PetersDurg. IVANOFF'S BAD POSITION. Received Friday, 9.10 p.m. Athene. Friday. After the fight at Doiran tte Bulgarians took up a position at Belisai Passes on the main road to Sturmnitza, with the object of preventing the Greeks from joining with the Servians who 'were driving th e Bulgarian Fourtli Army back from Jstib. The Gareelos' desperate bayontet assaults dietodQged the Bulgarians and they parsed them to Strumnitzs and captured nine guns. The Greoks also opened an attack on the Bulgarians' extreme left wing near Demirihissar. A seV«;ro fight for possession the railway bridge over the Strumna ended in a Greek victory. The rforce operating northward cut off the Bulgarins' remaining retreat and hemmed lvanoff with fifty thousand Bulguri *ns. A Sedan is imminent, and there are a number of unconfirmed rumours t'nat lvanoff has surrendered. BULGARIAN DIPLOMACY FAILS.

SERB AND GREEK DEMANDS, j Soiia, London, Friday, j Received, Friday, 9.40 p.m. ! The Foreign OCfice has not been advised as to the Bulgaria's appeal to Russia, but Con'traontal advices confirm it. Continental dipltonatic circles regard the apeal as an indication that it was diplomacy at Sofia, ari< not the Bulgarian airmy that ltoat the game, and predicts Daneff'a downfall as a result of his contenancin g the "Czar's peace proposals. French diplomatists Cor. eeee that while Rsusia's acceptance of Bulgaria'sjappeal makos for ]>ea c® > n the Balkans it is lesß reassuring % 7 ith ro " sard to the European balanft % and fear counter actioro on the pi Austria, who has consistently been rebuffed through out. Viennese uarters regard the app\ ia ' as indicating a complete failure of tl\ e Rusaophile policy. Daneff sacrificed military necessities to political con-1 sideration in rejecting Savoff's plan of campaign the Bulgarians will likely be deprivedJof a large share|of the fruiti of the Turkish war. It is understood Servia is prepared to reply that she is ready to cease hostilities on condition the ante-war treaty is voided and that she will keep all r the Macedonians' territory she at present occupies. Greece will demand all the territory acquired during the war, including Series, Kavalla, and Drama, who&e populations are purely Greek.