Progress of the Balkan War

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 58, 1 November 1912, Page 5

Progress of the Balkan War

THE BULGARIAN ADVANCE. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.' (United Press Association.) Vienna, October 31. The ‘Reichpost’ states that the Bulgarian rignt wing near Luleourgas was firstly repulsed. Tiie whole army afterwards advanced after violent lighting.. The Bulgarians at Tchiflikeui were driven back in a northerly direction. The advance of the eastern group was. delayed by thickly wooded country, with impassable roads. The extremeleft marched to Strandja, which is further east than the Turkish extreme right. Some columns have reached Skinderkeni, seven miles south-east of Adrianoplc, which is thus entirely surrounded.

THE ATTACK ON ADRIANOPLE. Vienna, October 31. i The ‘Reichpost’ adds that it is reported that a hundred thousand fugi lives are within Adrianoplc, and then is much overcrowding. The Turkish artillery is unable to silence tho Bulgarian Krupps, usee for bombarding tho earthworks. Fresh Bulgarian have ar rived, and desperate fighting is ii progress, the Turks making daily sor ties. Sofia, October 31. The Bulgarians, after defeating tin Turks at Luleburgas, advanced or Muraldi. The Turks tortured many Bulgarian soldiers and .civilians. SHOOTING AN AEROPLANE. Sofia, October 31. Turkish shrapnel struck the Russian aviator Popoff’s aeroplane hoverin f. over Adrianoplc, causing it to fall in tithe Turkish lines.

MR. CHURCHILL’S VIEW. London, October 31. Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking a> Sheffield, referring to the Balkan; •war, said: “We ail have our rosponsi hilitics in this matter. Our duty, at far as we are able, is to work for per manoiit peace- in those regions. S' long as a loyal and honest spirit continues to govern tho Great Powers, u problem will arouse a struggle whiei cannot bo settled to their coramqi advantage and lasting good. Britan can survey the past without a pang and the future without a grudge, bu she must ho prepared to he ready fo all eventualities. It is good to In patient, circumspect and peace-loving but that is not enough. We must hole what wc have won, and unite for a consolidated Empire, a work to whici all parties in turn can contribute.” London, October 31.

Tho ‘Morning Post’ reports tha‘ .‘50,000 Turks landed on the Black Se const at Thrace, the object being to threaten the Bulgarian flank in tin, rear. Athens, October 31. Five hundred Greeks who des' vie* from tho Turkish army have arrived at Athens. The Greeks have captured the Kos sani district.

PANIC AT KIRK KJLISSIE, Constantinople, October, 31. < Details of the Kirk Kilissie! paid' show that hundreds quitting the towi endeavoured to storm the railway s“i tion, the soldiers threatening f 3io offi cials with levelled rifles. They insisted that trains should bo found to convey them to Babaeski. Tho official? replied that the lino was a single trunk line, and trains with reinforce ments were expected. Thousands o' families are hurrying to Babaeski or foot. Had the Bulgarians known tin facts they might have entered unop posed. The Turkish troops for three da vs had been living on flour and water, the field bakeries having miscarried. Then was a similar situation at Uskuh. Salonika. October 31. The Turks are over-mobilised and under-officered, and tho into! igonce department is inefficient. The commanders were unaware of tho enemies’ numbers and plans. The military attaches have now gone to the front. (Received 1, 8.15 n.m.) London, October 31. The Turks burned Mett-ovq. Reuter reports that Nazira Pasha was completely routed at Cettinje. Fourteen hundred Turks at Plovojo fled to Bosnia. . SCUTARI SURROUNDED. Montenegrins have completed the cordon round Scutari, whore floods destroyed the bridge, isolating 4000 defenders. The latter are fendless, end in vmnt of ammunition, and exposed to Malissori attacks.