TURKS AGAIN DEFEATED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 1514, 9 November 1912, Page 7

TURKS AGAIN DEFEATED.

STAND AT GHATALDJA FAILS. VICTORS 28 MILES FROM CAPITAL REPORTED SURRENDER OF ADRIANOPIE. ANXIETY ' IN ' Constantinople •• : • •" .r • ■' '' - '' ' • \ / TURKS WISH TO CONTINUE WAR. It is, reported that the Turks.have been decisively defeated by the Bulgarians at Chataldja, where the former made what was expected to prove the final stand against the march on Constantinople. The cables indicate, however, that further fighting is expected, but that it wjll be delayed by recent rains. A Vienna message says that a battle is in progress. , The Bulgarians have captured the main positions at Chataldja, including a position 26 miles from Constantinople. The Bulgarians have • also . seized Visa,, an important post about 70 miles north-west of Constantinople and Rodosto, on the Sea of Marmora, about 40 miles . from the capital. . v 1 It is reported that Adrianople surrendered on Tuesday last, but • that the Bulgarians are concealing the fact lest the Powers should intervene before the capture of Constantinople. The anxiety of the Christian residents in Constantinople has been somewhat allayed by the arrival of the first of the foreign warships. The authorities are organising assistance to prevent disturbances. The • Christian Turks are said to be in the greatest danger. The defeated Turkish troops are arriving -in Constantinople in a desperate plight. They have been without food for three days. Turkish public opinion at Constantinople, despite the apparently hopeless position of the army, is reported to be unfavourable to the Government's effort to secure peace. Nazim Pasha (the Turkish Commander-in-Chief), who in a report to the Government has already described the position of the army as desperate, has now informed the Government that ithe army is determined to fight to the last, being confident of ultimate success. The principal officers have signed a memorial in favour of the continuance of the war. The Premier of Servia states that his State is determined to. have an Adriatic port. He names two ports which, he says, it is desired to obtain. King Nicholas, of Montenegro, states that the allies desire to settle their affair without the intervention of the Powers, but the Servian Premier states that the fate of Constantinople will be left to the decision of the Powers. The Montenegrins have captured Diakova, in Northern Albania, and a Servian column has routed 15,000 Turks.