AT PREPALATZ
THIRTEEN HOURS' CARNAGE AND A BAYONET CHARGE. BELGRADE, October 23. Tho wounded brought back from tho battle at Frepalatz on October 18th narrate that the Turks were moving in the woods across the border and the Servians had barely reached a defensive position when Amauts and Turkish regulars opened a heavy fire. The fighting continued for thirteen hours, and late in the attend noon, when, the Turks were within, fifteen
yards, the Servian commander ordered a bayonet charge. A thousand Turks were killed, and the Servian losses were considerable. NOVLBAZAR IN SERB HANDS. ROAD TO IPEK OPEN. BELGRADE, October 25. By the capture of Sienitza, about 27 miles west-north-west of Novibazar town, tho Servian forces dominate tho whole sanjok of Novibazar. A Montenegrin force is said to be within five miles of tho Servians at Sienitza. General Vukovica, commander of the Montenegrin force, has subdued the Arnauts, and tho road is now open to looker Fetch, in the vilayet of Kossovo, 73 miles east-north-east of Scutari, and 45 miles west of Prishtina. ATTEMPT TO RECOVER NOVIBAZAR FAILS. BELGRADE, October 26.. The Turks attempted to retake Novibazar. but were practically annihilated. The Servians havo captured Vuchitin.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8263, 28 October 1912, Page 7
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