BULGARIANS' MATCHLESS ARTILLERY

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

BULGARIANS' MATCHLESS ARTILLERY

TURKS DEFEATED BY STARVATION. LONDON, Xov. 6. Mr. M. Donohoe. the war correspondent, says that if the routed army fails at Chataldja- it will fall back oa Constantinople, and tihe starving hordes are bound to begin looting. The city's forces are incapable of preserving order. The, military authorities at Constantinople throughout the campaign have deliberately deceived the outside world, hoping that- the /bravery of the '1 urks would pull them through at the eleventh hour. The army was defeated through sheer starvation rather than any other factor. The Turkish, army has .no general staff, capable of running a country circus. The greatest (battle .of modern times was fought without the smallest preparation for the succ'our of the wounded, and the few surgeons lacked every necessary. The artillery had but a few hours' supply of ammunition, while whole battal:ons and brigades were composed of ignorant Anatolian peasants, thousands of who-nr had never handled a rifle. The correspondent did not s-e-e a Turkish .machine gun in action. The Bulgarians' artillery was matchless, and the ammunition supply was a masterpiece of organisation. The machine gun fire was deadly.