BIG BATTLE IN THE BALKANS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15132, 24 October 1912, Page 7

BIG BATTLE IN THE BALKANS.

... ■ •' *•. .V A.. . • I i . - •■ ■ '*•' ' ' '•.' ■"' , • • •: HEAVY LOSSES 'REPORTED/ '- • • . - . . ' ' . ""• V i ■■ ■ ' '• .• ••' * * •' ' " *' ,V - " ,* ' ' ' ' r •* . ' '' i '1 -V * ' ' • r ' ' ' ♦. ' ' • • ' "'A ■' TURKISH ADVANCE IRRESISTIBLE, (- .'v.: • - v- ; * ,; . , ■*» ■ .. •: • ■*. * * • * . '•.-••: y •' : ■ •" 2000 KILLED; 4000 WOUNDED r • By A«socift!ato.— CdJjrifcM \ | -" - •■■■■■'' ■ ■' - • i-*r}J. . i V ; , \ • ' : \'' i ' v f , ' (Received October 23, 10.16 p.m.) . _ i > - ,i t - - 1 • , ' , - t London, October 23. - \ iti-lT iis officially reported from Constantinople that the Bulgarians have, ■ ; been defeated'with heavy-loss at Kirk Kilisse. ■■ ■■■; -| The report 'states | that the Turkish army at Kirk Kilisse advanced g ; to the east of the TunjaviUsse and encountered the Bulgarians...; - ■ Heavy fighting took plate? and an' impetuous Turkish assault re- . sulted in'* the capture of th'/ posi ion held by * the Bulgarians. The • ■' Bulgarian .losses/were-heavy. || />\ '.-' i'/ ' L ? ~ " : The second Turkish column has been successful at West Kali-. • mandja. r " _ ' . , "\~* - . . - .THe fight continued until nightfall, f the Turkish > advance; being , .irresistible;- . 1 - H. A report - from Vienna. states.that a Bulgarian column, larger than | that which captured Mustafa Pasha, crossed the wooded mountains ,of s Jamboli and Tirnovo, and attacked Kirk Kilisse.' * ' The artillery of three- of .the forts was out of range owing to being too close to the town,- but field works ' had been' recently thrown up,j forming, a circle pit vl2 miles around the town. These works were equipped with 120 guns. • ' , | -' " The. Central . News' correspondent at Sofia reports that a desperate "battle was in progress at. Kirk Kilisse yesterday. . The report stater that 2000 Bulgarians were killed and- that 4000 * were wounded- up' till mid-day. • ' j 1 ' , : 1(H A w large party of -Ottoman Bulgarians, .including/ a number j |j|g schoolmasters, /have | been removed from Adrianople . to Constantinople. They will probably be sent to Asia Minor. i S& ; i >j\ i ■ A^V^\L' * ' ' ' - . \ > i