TURKS COMPLETELY ROUTED.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1587, 2 November 1912, Page 5

TURKS COMPLETELY ROUTED.

BWEEPIKG BULGARIAN VICTORY. NAZI! PASHA'S ARIY IN FLIGHT TO THE CAPITAL PEACE OVERTURES REPORTED. By M«r«Bli—Press Association—Oopyrlslii London, October 31. Router's correspondent states that Nazlm Pasha's forces, comprising the main Turkish army, have been com pletely routed by tho Bulgarians. Vienna, October 31. The Turks have had a smashing de feat. Incessant battle was waged for ' four days with great animosity, and enormous losses on both sides* The final rout was due to a flank attack. It is reported that Nazim Pasha, tho Turkish Minister for War and Commander-in-Chief, has fallen. (Rec. November 1,10,30 p.m.) Constantinople, November 1. ' A portion only of Nazlm Pasha's account of tho fighting has been published. The rest has 'been withheld lest It should excito tha Moslem papulation and provoko fanatical outbreaks. Nazim Pasha mentions that the Cita del of Adrlanoplo Is still holding out,

PANIC-STRICKEN ARMY. PURSUIT BY BULGARIAN TROOPS, TURKS MASSACRE VILLAGERS. '■■■■■■ Sofia, October 81. • After three days' fighting, from, Lule Burgas to ■ Sarai, along a. front extending about 31-miles, the Bulgarians completely routed Nazim Pasha's main army, which fled to Chorlu,. sixty miles west, by, north of Constantinople,- .. . The Bulgarians captured another Turk- . ish train at Lule Burgas.. . '. 'Die Bulgarians' losses were' . comparatively; slight.' They, drove 150,000 Turks from fortified f positions .on a line from Bujiacliissar to" Lnle Burgas, and captured numerous guns and flags, much ammunition, and piariy jprisonsrs. .. . • .. The. Bulgarians .are .now, pursuing the. fleeing and- panic-stricken. Turks : towards Sarai, SO miles cast of Lulo Burgas and.Chorlu. The Turk? have burned,the villages .of. Marash, westward of .Adrianople, and Aivali, ■north-westward j .of. Lulo Burgas, and. massaorcd' all the Christian inhabitants. . All. tho villages in tha' Menik district have .also been . destroyed. . TURKISH CHANCE OF FRONT. , i HOW THE BATTLE, WAS LOST, . : PRECIPITATE RETREAT. . (Reo. November 1, 10.30 p.m.) .'--Vienna, -November 1. ; Tho "Reichspost," "in "clescnbingVthe fighting at Lulo Burgas, ' says . the Bulgarians 'all their available strength on Lule Burgas. Tho centre of : gravity,. how'ever,.' shifted: to :• the. - right wing owing, to the chango of front of Nazim'a. army,, by. which it covered ■ its lino of retreat. : Tho reason for chango was that the i.Turks ; were. menaced, via Sarai by advancing Bulgarians.- ' The alterations upset the plans to out off Nazim's army, "but Turks, by attacking before they were . properly grouped, enabled the Bulgarians to completely defeat their; left wing, ; which ,wa3 driven' back and, retreated to Chorlu.'' '■ : . 1 ' Tho Tight wing, near Viza .offered som6 resistance, but fearing that - it. would be cut off . after.sthe : ,cdp(Br6; of .Lule Burgas it retreated to Sarai and .Istracja, 27. miles, north-east .of. I Ghorlu. •'. Nine divisions of Turkish reserves)'iwMfcwards'; of ,'Yeniko.i, .near Chorlu, were ordered to the fcentre. ; to,impede the Bulgarian advance. . : ' . After a decisive: flank, attack the whole army v fled precipitately towards Chatalja, half-way'., between Chorlu and Constantinople, leaving their dead and .wounded, HOW THE BATTLE BSCAN. ' IMPETUOUS BULGARIAN ATTACK, CAMPAIGN VIRTUALLY OVER.' (Rec. NovombeT 2, '0.55 a.m.). - Sofia, November li battle was obstinate and • The Bulgarian cavalry, advancing from Kirk Kilisss and Baba Eslci, reached Lulfi Burgas on Tuesday. Vlt was followed by tho bulk of General Dimitrieff's and General Kutehineff's combined armies, which encountered Nazim Pasha's army on both sides in equal forces. S A great and almost'unbroken series of. . battles ensued, the Bulgarians attacking with tho. utmost impetuosity, .• and eventu- : ally throughout the line, overcoming the. Turks after strenuous opposition. . .'.The Turkish.Tetjreat finally degenerated into a disastrous helter-skelter, the Bulgarian pursuers .severely, punishing the panic-stricken forces., ■ ' : It.is 1 reported that Chorlu has been captured,. and that the Bulgarians aro advancing' on Chatalja,. 27-miles from Constantinople. '. .' The campaign is regarded •as virtually over. The wounded are an-iving at Sofia in thousands,, and all the larger buildings and many residences havebeen transformed into hospitals.' • Every 1 bed in the Military Hospital is occupied, and extra: beds are laid on the bare floors. AH the Turkish patients are accommodated with beds. - ' , OUT-MANOEUVRED. x NAZIM'S LINE OF BATTLE, BROKEN. AEROPLANES IN,USE. . ' (Reo. November .2, O.SO a,m.) London, November 1. Tho Vienna newspapers deduce from th© movements of .the Turkish columns -following the Bulgarians' success at Lulo Burgas, that Nazim Pasha was thoroughly beaten arid out-manoeuvred by a flanking attack, and that the Turkish line of battle was broken, aS at Kirk Kilisse. Router's correspondent reports that tho Bulgarians at Lule Burgas havo captured two more trains full of provisions and ammunition. ■ - It is reported that' the Turks at Constantinople shot two hundred Christians belonging to the army defeated at Kirk Kilisse. ~' The Bulgarian artillery, directed by a captive balloon and aeroplanes, has greatly damaged tho forts at Adrianople. BULGARIANS CUT OFF, Constantinople, October 81. . According to Turkish official reports the retreat of 30,000 Bulgarians in the letranja Mountains haa bwn. off, • v

' Ntunbersof wounded are- daily arriving ! at Constantinople. THE FRUITS OF VICTORY. WILL BULGARIA GAIN THEM? ' , APPREHENSION IN SOFIA. (Hoc. November 2, 0.30 a.m.) London, November 1. < ' The Sofia correspondent of "The Times" states . that the Bulgarian triumph has not evoked, .public demonstrations, as fears are expressed that Bulgaria as in ISBS ivill possibly be deprived of the reward of victory. ■ Rumours of the imminence of an AustroHungarian and Rumanian mobilisation are spreading, and there ia little confidence that the Triple Entente (Britain, ■Russia, and .France) will 6ecuro fair play to those ri&ing everything in the cause of freedom: Whether the Concert of Europe holds or breaks ' up, the Balkan League, : it is declared, ; will firmly adhere to its own'programme, ; DIPLOMACY AN OFFENCE. : Sofia, October 31. .The newspaper says that after the failure of the Powers .to enforce treaties; European diplomacy has become an offence, ' The war has radically modified the position, and changes must ensue proportional to the .'sacrifices of the Balkan allies... , . " NEGOTIATIONS DIRECT. ijivi ■;/ v ;.i . yjanna, '.October 81.■ " The * "Nerue - PwsseP'Y6aj»V the Balkan States have agreed; at a given moment.to negotiate with Turkoy direct without'the Powers' mediation., ~ ; ' PE ACE I TURKEY READy TONEGOTIATE. AGENTS SENT ABROAD, (Reo. November 1, 10,30 p.m.) London, November 1. Advices from Vienna state.that it is reported that Turkey has eeiit confidential agents to Vienna aid' St. Petersburg to negotiate for peace with: the Balkan Allies, . Constantinople, November 1. In view of the serious news from, the front tho Council of Ministers has'been

sitting 6inca the evening considering the question of concluding peaoei POWER 9 TO INTERVENE, .(Keo. November 3, 0.30 Otffi.). London, November-1. TKs "Daily Telegraph" publishesa Statement that the Power* have agreed to mediate foithwith. to seoure an widMsfacß, with a view to preventing unnecessary Woodshed. They will rely on diplomaoy to unfold a future settlement* .UPHOLDING OF TURKBYi London, October 31, In the House of Commons, Sir Edward Grey, SooreW of State for Foreign. Affairs, replying to a, question, .said it .Wis undesirable at present to make a statement as to tho Great Powers' policy with xegard to the upholding: of Turkey's dominion oyer Macedonia. He. was ijlad to say the Powers were continuing the consultations commenced, at-the outset of the wax. A SIGNIFICANT 'APPOINTMENT, j (Keo. November 2, O.SO a.m.) London, November 1. The "Standard's" Constantinople correspondent states that the appointment _of Kiamil Pasha as Grand Vizier, with his well-known close relations with Britain, has shown the Porte's- inclination to negotiate peace. , RUMANIA'S BIGHTS. (Reo, November 1, 10 p;m.) Bukarest, Noveinber 1/ It is authoritatively stated that Rumania will quietly await the Powers' conference and then resolutely demand the. recognition of her vital interests and defend her rights by the use. of her army if they are.ignored. ... - ■NON-POLITICAL INTERVENTION. (Reo. November 1, 10 p.m.) Berlin, November. 1. The Powers, are discussing the, Tjsks of massacre and pillage in Turkey by the demoralised soldiery and the mob; It is understood that any intervention will be ' entirely unpolitical and that the protection of foreigners will be entrusted to the Powers' navies., . ■ . .- •WARSHIPS SENT'TO TUEKST. London,.October 81. '£ British warship has been dispatehed to Salonika to protect British lives and property. Paris, October 81. A cruiser squadron has been, dispatched to the Grecian' Archipelago;, '-. ' (Reo. November 1,- HUH) p.iri;) Paris, November 1. '•'. Three Frenoh cruisers have started for Syria. HORRIBLE ATROCITIES. TURKS ROAST viQX!MS ; ALIVE. BODIES. MUTILATED, (Reo, November i, 0;30 a.m.) Sofiaj Noveniber 1, Two Servian officers'; who have aTrived at Sofia from Egri. Palahka and. Kumanovo, report hideous atrocities by the retreating. Turks, , j, ',' ;'. ■■ ..■''■■'.-' The roadß are strewn 1 , with, the corpses . .of, Christian/peasants, : . and in many oases the bodies.of even-■womeh/'and children have been mutilated, an'S.bore evidence, of torture. ...-,.. :, Charred .corpses': we're found'-indicatirjg, that the victims' had been";tied. -to trees' and' burnt alive or impaled, and then roasted. ■';..''<.■'.' The. majority of the.'Villages -have been burnt. . . . . In fiome cases, the heads' of those do-' capitated were laid in. rows, before the doors of houses, . . The testimony of these officers was taken before the' Servian:. Minister,, and forwarded to the Belgrade Government, . • '■' ' .' \ SERVIAN SUCCESSES. , TOWN OP PRIZREN TAKEN, .- .Belgrade, November I, , The Servians have captured Prizren, 1

and also an important position between Kuprili and Prilip, '25 mites north of Mohastlr. Thousands of Mussulman Albanians have surrendered their weapons and entered Prishtino- wearing tho Servian colours. MONTENEGRINS TAKE IPEK, . FLOODS AT SCUTARI. Cetlnjs, October 81, Tho Montenegrins have occupied IpoK, 35 miles i»uth-southrwest of Novi Bazar. Fourteen hundred Turks-at Plevlie, 57 miles wost by north of Novi Bazarj have fled into Bosnia. The Montenegrins have completed a cordon round Soutari, where floods have destroyed a bridge, isolating four thousand of the defenders. The latter are without food and ammunitions and exposed to Malissori atteoks, GREEKB DEFEAT TURKS. TWO THOUSAND SLAIN. <Beo. November 1, 10.80 p.m.) London, November t The "Daily Chronicle" correspondent reports that a Greek division completely routed four-thousand Turks and five huh'dred irregulars at EailftTi 30 miles west of Vena, and captured five hundired prisoners and seven guns. Two thousand Turks were killed and 'two hundred end fifty Greeks wounded, but none killed. London, Ootober 81, The Turks have burned Jtetsovo, in the south-east of Albania, 19 miles east-north-ejst of Yanina, Refugees from burning villages on the Yanina Plains are flocking, to Arte, Greece.- • •' ' ■ Athens, October 91. Greeks have occupied the. islands of Thaeps and Jmbros, , . PARLIAMENT AT USKUB. SERVIAN PROJECT. " : (Reo. I'fovember 2, 0.3i)a.m.) Belgrade, November- 1. The sessioa of the ■Serviitn Skupshtina (Parliament) will be ■ held at Uskub, where Du6han in 1349 sanctioned the first Servian laws. The Prime Minister, M.' Pasios, has left for Paris; it is assumed, to negotiate with M. Poincare, the 'French Prime Minister, ■'•'.■ ~' RUMOURED BOMBARDMENT, Constantinople, October 31. It is rumoured that a Turkish squadron is bombarding the Bulgarian, seaport of. Burgas, and is landing troops there. GERMAN BED CROSS; , Berlin, October 31. The Kaiser has contributed 41500 to the German Red Cross Society'for use in the Balkans: '

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THE THEATRE OF WAR, SHOWIN G RELATIVE POSITIONS OF ARMIES, Prom the above into a General idea may be gained of the disposition of tho rival forces in the theatre of war. Tho dotted lines • represent the national lJmXrios andl tlm erossfdl lines thoßailways The area of Turkey in Europe is a little greater than that of the South Island Zealand. Bulgaria, is S*i«* Servia about thV..si» of Canterbury Ind Westland together ; Montenegro ataost exactly. -e as Taranaki but with about five people for every on© n.that, province. Greece, only a portion of which is shown on the nuip, na f U „L!+ ™ :,,;i,«, Otago and Southland togXr 7 aVdUnce as\e cww flies from Constantinople to Turk's Austrian frontier m the north-west is about 550 miles. hminLZ Atenople with a force of 60,000 Men. tho Adrianople garrison, being ported at ahou 5r The other principal northern fortresl of the Turk, Kirk Kilisse, has fallen and the towns of fek, Bunarhissar, Lule. Burgas, ' and others in the same' locality have been, occupied. Tho Turks are now reported to have retreated on Ohorlu after a great tottlo The surface of the country between Constantinople and Adrianople is generally mountainous, except along, tie yalleys of the Mantra, and E>kene nvera, which tteTailway follows The Istranja range runs parallel with tho Black Sea coast, its highest peaks being, however, only about MM»«**;., Inahe western portion of Turkey the principal interest centra in the fate of the Turkish army of 100.000 mtamkC Mb Pasha. This army was defeated by the Sedans in a battle at Kumanovo, and tlie Turks have since evacuated Uskub,.the principal inland oityrf Macedonia, Kupnli, and Istib, and refrW«d south-west from tho railway line in the direction of Monastir which lies among tho mountains of Albania, ,'*..,.,,. •, , , t ~ Bv\L™ "»*T have also •been operating in Macedonia having marched down Apparently from the railway terminus at Kostendil whence roads lead to the immnrt-ant Turkish centres. The Bulgarians were reported to have- entered Istib a few days ago. .*.',. ,m. .«. i m. ' •«. Tfcher Bulearian forcTa ter marching down the valley of the Struma ma have takon. the town of Drama on the railway line linking up Salonika with (Jonskntfnole It was reported at the opening of tho war that a Turkish army of 40,000 men was on tho river Struma, but its subsequent movements have .been driven south by the'Setvians, so the Greeks hato forced Tnhsin Pasha's troops north until they are now apparently well back On S T°he Tu^aroTtm 0 ™ occupation 'of Proved, their stronghold at the entrance to the Gulf or Arte, but the Greeks are advancing on Yahina, the principal TnrViqTi centre in Epirus, around which fighting has been reported from day to day. , . .-...„ ~ ■ , . ... m. i• % • In ttie™orth the Servians and MontlnegHnS together aro. reported to have driven the Turks out of the Sanjak of Novi Baw, tho wedge of Turk sh territory tahwm Montenegro end Servia. Tho Servians have takea tho town of Novi Bazar and are also in occupation of Prishtina. The Montenegrins have taken'lpek, and a message this morning states, that tho Servians are at Prizron. . %tt S Att AlbanTafand 3 generally mountainous, and lie general aspect of muoTof the country is bare and *selatejhe along the and TurCo-SerVian frbntiers range from 7000 ft. to ovei> 9000 ft. in Jieight. . The the M« SrTanTtheTefnto fertile upland basins. . Uskub U. situated in one of tee basins, nnd Droon* ? »d Son* SKu JBOOft. el»ve sua 1wb1..-. *ho wtiimi nvi eowthern j.wtloiia pi AIM* m sm in.ountein.oim, but {ft th? mjm ESiWR ot «ona6tij,