MONTENEGRIN CAMPAIGN.
ARTILLERY DUELS IN THE HILLS. ADVANCE ON SCUTARI. > Podgoritza, October 23. . King Nicholas of Montenegro lias advanced his headquarters to Antivari, the Montenegrin seaport on the Adriatic, 20 miles from Scutari. General Martinovics's infantry is massed tm the slopes of Tarabosch,'aml other infantry is carrying out a secret march. Roads have been blasted in the mountains to allow of the passage of heavy artillery, which is being mounted on the heights around. Tarnbosch. After n bombardment of four days the hill on which tho fort, stands is pock-marked with shell fire. General Larovitch, commanding tho central Montenegrin army, has made a throe hours' march towards Scutari, the Malissori (Albanian highlanders) covering his left among the mountains. TURKS IN RETREAT. GREEKS CAPTURE AMMUNITION. Athens, October 22. The Turks at Diskata, west of Elassona, are in a state of panic, and aro fleeing towards Serfije, twenty miles distant. The Greeks, pursuing them, captured a million cartridges. The Greeks have occupied the heights commanding Grimbovo and the heights of Xirovouni, in Epirus. A BRIBE FOR GREECE. London, October 22. Renter's Agency states thaf Turkey has offered to yield up Crete, also to link up I the Graeco-Turkish railway, in order to induce Greece to withdraw from (he Balkan alliance. RETURNING TO FIGHT. Cape Town, October 22. Three hundred Greeks are leaving to take part in the war. Six thousand pounds has been collected here to aid the cause. SOLDIERS KILLED ON THE RAILWAY. Constantinople, October 22. A Smyrna-bound train conveying eight hundred Turkish troops, collided with a goods train at Ephosus. Two hundred and iifty soldiers were killed or injured. Smyrna, October 22. All the train staff and two hundred soldiers were killed and two hundred injured. SCHOOLMASTERS REMOVED. (Rec. October 23, 10.15 p.m.) Constantinople, October 23. A large party of Ottoman Bulgarians, including ri. number of schoolmasters, have been removed from Adrianoplc to Constantinople, and will probably be sent to Asia Minor for hampering military action. WITHIN SIX MTLES OF ADRIANOPLE Sofia, October 22. The Bulgarian forces aro now within six miles of Adrianople. Two companies of infantry and a battery of mountain artillery attacked Tamraih. The Turks were without artillery, and abandoned three linos of defence, not awaiting a bayonet charge.Poinaks (Mo.-lem Bulgarians) meanwhilo attacked tho Bulgarians' rear, killing a number. Tho Bulgarians retaliated by destroying Tanirush.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1579, 24 October 1912, Page 5
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388MONTENEGRIN CAMPAIGN. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1579, 24 October 1912, Page 5
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