BALKAN WAR.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1574, 18 October 1912, Page 5

BALKAN WAR.

BERANE SURRENDERSMONTENEGRINS TAKE 700 PRISONERS. TURKISH MINISTERS RECALLEDBy Tctceranh-Prcss Association—Cooyrlelit Lindon, October IG. The Montenegrins have captured. Berane. Tliey look seven hundred prisoners and fourteen guns. King Nicholas of Montenegro received tlm captured Turkish officers with the utmost courtesy. He complimented them on their heroism, nnd promised the in knightly hospitality. POSITION STORMED IN DARKNESS. (Rec. October 17, 10.30 p.m.) Podgoritza, October 17. Tho surrendor of Berano was preceded by the severest fighting. Under cover of darkness, tho Montenegrins stormed two positions on the Ilogane heights, and at daylight tho Montenegrin division had broken through tho Turkish lines, They completed their enveloping movement, and tho Turkish garrison of twelve hundred men surrendered, During the night four thousand Turkish regulars and three thousand Albanian irregulars escaped. TURKISH VICTORY REPORTED. (Rec. October 17, 10.30 p.m.) Constantinople, October 17. A Turkish Teport states that four battalions of Ottoman troops defeated eight thousand Montenegrins at Krania. THE ADVANCE ON SCUTARI. (Rec. October 17, 10.30 p.m.) Podooritza, October 17. General Martinovics,. who commands tho division of the Montenegrin army which is advancing on Scutari, has occupied important positions in the rear of Tarabesch, which is the key of Scutari. The bombardment of Tarabosch is proceeding. The detailed accounts of the capture of Tusi state that tho Montenegrin advance on Vranja, an outpost of Tusi, was repulsed with heavy loss, but the garrison was unablo to withstand a second advance, preceded by a heavy bombardment.