WILD WAR RUMOURS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1578, 23 October 1912, Page 7

WILD WAR RUMOURS.

ALLEGED CAPTURE OF 20,000 TURKS.

HQ CORRESPONDENTS ALLOWED AT THE FRONT.

ALLIES' FORCES ADVANCING.

Dy Telceraph—Pccss Association—Gonrriitht (lice. October 20, 10.10 p.m.) London, October 22. Unconfirmed rumours from Sofia and elsewhere state that tho Turks captured tho Crown Princo of Montenegro, and that tho Bulgarians captured twenty thousand Turks by a sudden raid at Kirk Kilissc, together with supplies for un army corps. It is stated in Sofia that the Turks in tho Adrianople district are terrorstricken, and aro abandoning their rifles and howitzers, and flying in disorder. THE' ALLIES' OBJECTIVE. Vienna, October 21. Tho clitics aro of opinion that tho Turks have made a mistake in concentrating at Adrianople. Tho allies' real objectivo is Salonika, which the Servians, Montenegrins, and Greeks will capture, whilo the Bulgarians will keep in check tho Turks at Adrianople. DECEPTIVE WAR NEWS. London, October 21. Military critics in London point out that none of the correspondents have yet been allowed at tho front, and that much of tho war news being received is evidently intended to sustain enthusiasm in Belgrade and Sofia and deceive tho enemy. Tho "Morning Post" estimates that there are 160,000 Turks, with 112 guns, at | Adrianoplo and Kirk Kilisse, and that j the Bulgarians havo 270,000 men in tho field, including those guarding the communications, and 788 guns.