THE FLIGHT FROM LULE BURGAS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 7 November 1912, Page 5

THE FLIGHT FROM LULE BURGAS

THREE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD SUFFERINGS OF THE WOUNDED FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE. LrONDON, Nov. 6. Mr. Martin Donohoe, describing the retreat after the battle of Lule Burgas, savs the strongest speedily got to <.-ne front, while the weak, sick, and ed struggled painfully behind. Thous ands. of wounded made pathetic- efforts to keep up with their comrades, but many fell .by the roadside or crawled ott the track and died. For three days ail were without food, and every stream was turned into a mud puddle in the fearful struggle to quench the thirst. . The Turks at the cannr en cement oi- tne campaign were 2COO officers shott, ana the loss of officers during the battle was enoimous. Hence the impossib.lity o maintaining a semblance of order during the retreat. . . . Looking Iback from the rising ground at Chorlu an extraordinary signt was, presented. Fifty thousand stiagglei? dotted the plain, n.en, horses, guns, and ox waggons all converging on two roads leading to Chorlu. and bent on reaching it before nightfall.