THE BULGARIANS NEAR ADRIANOPLE.

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

THE BULGARIANS NEAR ADRIANOPLE.

ONLY SIX MILES ' OFF. v A TIJEKISH DEFEAT/ ; London, October S3. A telegram from Sofia states that the Bulgarian forces- are within sis mileu of Adrianople. , ; i y Two companies: of Bulgananrinfantry and a battery: of mountain artifc lery attacked Tamraih, neat«*|afe Pasha. The Turks being .without , artillery abandoned three lines^of: defence waiting for vine bayonet;; : '-: < •'''". , "*"> ''"_'.'• ■.->-■,-'■'•' The Pomaks \(lf ahomedan Bulgarians^who"were .responsible ; for the massacre at ! '%%&■ in *?#> -meanwhile attacked the Bulgarians-in the |^r, ; tf?»timber./ _■'.■..; - The;B^lsa)rjatiß. retaliated, destroy, ing Ta'mraiK. _> m ". .'-• " ? The Bulgarians-outside Djuma iJsata have taken three field pieces and 140 prisoners. They, have capture^ Kird Ipgjagd;. a,, : Turkish 3detach- : ment. : ■'. . _ ._.- • f -fot#m Advance Pa TJaJmb. The third Servian army has advanced over the plain of Kossoyo mmiVW® ■ lt is op ?°A e ,t W 40,000 men, chiefly Arnauts (Albaiir jansXwith 10.companies of ? Nizamß tTurkißh regulars), and ibtir batteries ; of;aftillery. '.. '■ - •■ ' ".-■.". -" : . The- Morning. Post's \ ieunavcorrespendent. says .that the* Servians have captured the Podujevo barracks on the::way to-Uskub. ".'-' \.y'. T : "-''■■ ■■■ The Servians lost 300, and the Turks 600 men. " ' ' / Severe fitting is in progress, ex- ' tending from Baska tojVel ya Glava and the 'vicinity of ; Yeni : Bam. s ■■ "j ]

■ The Servian losses are heavy and the Turks have also • lost' many. 7. . TurSlst /positions .Captured. , The • Servians ; operating" : -in ; the north - • captured the • - blockhouses around.. Sienitza ' (in : : the / saiijak; of Novi /Bazar); - while 'a ' 5 number' of Turkish- positions abound Kumanova have also been captured. j A general attack: on the latter" town is being commenced. ; - . --.r ' Troops are" , advancing - towards Prishtina, south of Novi Bazar, and are strongly . opposed. The Turkish defence of.Teneshdol Pari® was tena-•-•&■■s:s t' < ?i%£?'}. f /.•'" * ;*•/' CIOUS. . /- 1 V;^ I The capturefcthe. entry into-the. pass. v\, ; ' {\' • Bagtaent Beported tohe* ISlawn Up. It is rumoured that tfye seventh infantry i regiment was btasm up by a- contact mine at many being injured- 1 \ ! " ? Advice from Salonika states that Zeki Pasha (a Turkish commander), with 100,000 men and much: artillery and machine guns, is awaiting the Servians in the Kumanovo. district. The King .of Servia and his head- . quarter? Btaff-have crossed the frontier.: ,g! : -' - '; ; . Giesks JPjr«wlng Jforwud. I: ■' I •The Turks at -Diekafcfi, near the Greek frontier, became panic-stricken yesterday and fled to Selfidze, a few mijes further north. If | , % ,' : The Greeks, in pursuing them, captured a million cartridges. , - The Greeks have ;; occupied * the heights,' coriimandijag-Grimßoyp, ,and the heights- jof^Ciroyouni.in Epirus.I, •/'*i t T-Jrv