Progress of the Balkan War

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 50, 23 October 1912, Page 5

Progress of the Balkan War

SENSATIONAL REPORTS. CAPTURE OF 20,000 TURKS. TURKISH ATROCITIES. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Louden, October 22. A number cf wild and unconfirmed rumours from Sofia and elsewhere included the capture oi the Crown Prince and the capture by Montenegro of twenty thousand Turks in a sudden raid on Kirk Kilissia, with an army corps and supplies. It is stated in Sofia that tho Turks in the Adrianople district are terror stricken, and are abandoning their lilies and Howitzers and flying in disorder. Vienna, October 22. Tho ‘Reichpost’ states that the retiring Turks massacred the villagers, and that 150 bodies were found at Bacero, 100 at Railoska, and 150 at Jakonda. Mutilated corpses amid the burning ruins of Mickut formed a particularly terrible sight. STRICT PRESS CENSORSHIP. Constantinople, October 22. The Governor of Adrianople has issued a proclamation warning tho iniiabitants to bo as careful or supplies as possible. Tne town is invested, and no recommends those able to do so to leave the town. THE FORTRESS OF CHERIN. Sofia, October 22. Mr. Beaumont states Unit iea mousancl Bulgarians attacked tho fortress or Oborin, ten miles south or Must-fa, stormed tiie outworks, and bayonet tea tne defenders. Sofia, October 22. 'The Bulgarians have announced that journalists evading tne censorship wih ue courc-murtialled. Tne Bulgarian orfleers and soldiers are forbidden to ruler to the operations in private letters. Sixty correspondents have gone to Starazagova. WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIGHT. Cettinjo, October 22. The fighting at Plava was very .severe. rue Albanians only uft rvnen l-jo lowii was in flumes. Ainu numrou were killed, including women anti children, wno wore found dead v.itn weapons still in their hands. THE CAPTURE OF LEMNOS. Athens, October 22. The battleships Averolf, Hydra, Spetsia, and Pliara, and tho destroyer liotiila occupied Lemnos. The Greek destroyer Smyrna captured a Turkish transport. The outcers and men and fourteen Turkish spies were arrested. Two battalions drove out tho Turks at Dissikata, in North-west Elassona.

THE FIGHT AT ELASSONA. THE ALLIES REPULSED. Constantinople, October 22. Fighting continues at Elassona. Fifteen hundred Greeks have been Killed. It is officially stated that the Turks induced the Bulgarians to concentrate in the Hanlar district at Doipad, and to advance by means of a feigned retreat. The Turks suddenly attacked the left wing, capturing two guns. Pursuit of the Bulgarians continues. A SERVIAN SUCCESS. (Received 23, 8.5 a.m.) London, October 22. The ‘Morning Post’s ’ Vienna correspondent states that the Servians captured Podrijevo barracks, losing 3UU killed. The Turks lost 600. TROOP TRAIN ACCIDENT. Constantinople,. October 22. A Smyrna-bound train, conveying 800 troops, collided with a goods train, at Ephesus, and 250 soldiers were hided and injured. DISCREDITED REPORT. The silencing of the Varna forts is officially discredited. They were merely bombarding the barracks. Belgrade, October 22. The King and his headquarters’ staff have crossed the frontier, tiie patrols approaching Kumanov. REGIMENT BLOWN UP. It is rumoured that the Seventh Infantry Regiment were blown up by contact with a mine at Bnyanovitz, and many were injured. Salonika, October 22. Leki Pasha, with 100,000 men, much artillery and machine guns ? in tiie Kumanovo district, is awaiting tiie Servians. THE TURKS SHELL VARNA. Bucharest, October 22. The Turks bombarded Varna on Monday. The inhabitants became ter-ror-stricken and are fleeing to Roumania.

UNFAIR TACTICS. ‘ Sofia, October 22. Bulgaria protests that Kavarna was unfortified, and its bombardment was a flagrant violation of the Hague Treaty. TURKS ABANDON POSITION. Two companies of infantry and a battery of mountain artillery attacked Tamraih. The Turks, who were without artillery, abandoned the three linos of defence, not availing for the bayonet charges of the Pomaks. The Mahommedaa Bulgarians who were responsible for the massacre at Batak in 1876, moan while attacked the Bulgarians’ rear, killing a number. The Bulgarians retaliated, destroying Tararush. TURKS FIRE ON RED CROSS. (Received 28, 9.80 a.m.) Sofia, October 22. There wore three and a half hours’ homhnrdmeut of Ka varna, hut the garrison of eleven soldiers, by a. hot fire, prevented the Turks landing. Latov the cruisers bombarded Kuxinograd barracks and the monastery at St. Katherine’s at Varna. Shells fell on the Children’s Horne, and wherever the Red Cross was flying, but only small damage was done. The Bulgarian forces are within six miles of Adrianople. Capetown, October 22. Three hundred Greeks arc leaving

for the wav, and £6OOO lias been collected to aid the cause. (Received 2d, 11.20 a.in.) .Solia, October 22. TJio Bulgarians captured an outside Dpuuanji, cure© iieJu pieces, and JL4U prisoners. Tney also captured Kirdjaali and a Turkish detachment. TUSKS SHOOT IN COLD BLOOD. The correspondent of the newspaper ‘Mir’ declares that the Turks at Girueno, near Kochana, hade the Bulgarian peasants lie on the ground, and then shot 147 in cold blood. Constantinople, October 22. In the collision at Ephesus, all the train staff and 200 soldiers were killed and 200 injured. THE BATTLE OF KOSSOVO. BOTH SIDES LOSE HEAVILY. (Received 23, 9 a.m.) Belgrade, October 22. The third Servian army corps advanced to the plain of Kossoyo, where it was opposed by 40,000, chiefly Arnants, with ten companies of Nizams and four batteries of artillery. Severe fighting followed, extending from Kaska to Velyaglava, and the vicinity ot Zembazar. The losses on both sides were heavy, the Servians operating from the captured blockhouses round Sienitza, and a number of Turkish positions round Kumanova. A general attack on the town.begins to-day. Troops advancing towards Prishtina were strongly opposed. The defence by the Turks of Tenessdol Pass was tenacious. Servians captured the entrance to the pass. CREEKS ADVANCE. Athens, October 22. The Turks at Diskata are panic stricken, and are fleeing bo Serfidge. The Greeks pursuing, captured a million cartridges, and occupied the heights commanding Grnmhovo, and heights of Xirovouni, in Epirus. TURKEY’S OFFER TO GREECE. London, October 22. Reuter states that Turkey has offered to yield Crete and also link up the Greco-d'urkish railway to induce G reece to withdraw from the Balkan Alliance. The Post Office reports that Borne advices: “Telegraph communication by the neighbouring routes with Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Servia is interrupted. Private telegrams for Crete must lie written in /Greek, French, English, Italian, or German. Telegrams written in other languages are stopped on arrival.” Berne also advises: “The Bulgarian Administration notifies that as a result of the state of the war, telegraphic communications between Bulgaria and Tur key are suspended.”