BULGARIANS TAKE KIRK KILISSE.
50,000 TURKS CAPTURED
THE REPORT CONFIRMED
SOFIA, Oct. -24. Kirk Kilisse has been captured. The Turks at yesterday's sorties at Adrianople lost 12 guns. Tho Bulgarians are now within from three to five miles of the fortress, and ar e fortifying their position. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 21. Mukhtar Pasha, son of the Grand Vizier, is defending Kirk Kilisse. There has been continue is rain throughout the seat of war.
LONDON, O"fc. 24. Tlio garrison of 50 thousand at iv;ik Kilisse, many Kruno guns. a-*d nnch ammunition, were ca'ntured by thp Bulgarians after a succession of assaults.
Kirk Kilisse is the principal fo-rhied town on the road between Shumla [B i-., garia) find Constantinople, and lies i'j miles east of Adrianonle.
Adrianople is 130 miles from Constantinople, .and about 20 miles from- the Bulgarian frontier. It ;s an important trading centre with about 70/JOO inhabitants. After the capture of the Turkish army defending" tho shipka Pass in. 1878, the Russians ontci-;d Adrianople unopposed, and in -irm'r-:oo was concluded. The town is «til foccitit-d.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 26 October 1912, Page 5
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175BULGARIANS TAKE KIRK KILISSE. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 26 October 1912, Page 5
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