ADVANCE ON THE CAPITAL.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1590, 6 November 1912, Page 7

ADVANCE ON THE CAPITAL.

BROKEN ARMY CRAWLING HOME.

AUSTRIA STANDS ALOOF FROM CONCERT

OF POWERS.

SERVIAN KINO AT USKUB.

By Telegraph—Press Association Copyright (Rec. November .5, 9.20 Pihi.).. Constantinople, November 5. ~Mr./Donohoe,'.the correspondent of.the "Daily Chronicle", with the Turkish army at the battle of Lule. Burgas, states that after the Bulgarian wedge had been driven in between several wings of the Turkish forces, Mukhtar .Pasha retreated .in- tolerably good. order, fiercely contesting the ground. He. was losing heayiljV.but was sacrificing men oheerfully ; in tKe/hopp of giving tho shattered half of the Turkish army - a chanco of reforming .at Chorlu. In Mukhtar Pasha's rearguard action . the magnificent. third/division was annihilated. For five'hours" it' stood its ground ready to die, as the Bulgarians found to their cost when they flung themselves on the Turkish bayonets.. Tho heap of Bui--garian dead, covering . the. " ground in front of the Third 'Division .- for. half a mile, bore grim testimony, to the fierceness of the struggle. - '. Tho remainder of Abdullah Pashas shattered legions wandered across, the Thracian fields, leaderless and hungry, towards "Chorlu. Hundreds, perished of ; their wounds and .from starvation and cold. Men. dropped senseless with fatigue and froze to death. ;■ ; . A Colossus With Feet of Clay. :, Abdull'ah Pasha himself .'was-in no bet-; ter plight than the humblest soldier, and "arrived, at Chorlii foodless.. He attributes the -Bulgarians' success largely to their ■efficient Intelligence - Department, and superior artillery. For.' months Thrace had been over-run by 'Bulgarian,spies and ex- ; cellent maps had' been '> prepared so that tho artillery' took up 'positions at . preascert ained - ranges. ,: ' In their preparations the Bulgarians displayed the finesse' of the Japanese. Abdullah knew that the Turkish army was a. colossus, with; feet of clay; but he "did not shirk'his dutjr.Uml already he as ear-marked as the national scapegoat.. The Broken Army. / The broken army :-,is. oriiwling .up. the steep rocky slopes of'Chorlu, over 1 its wide .plateau, and down the other'side [across a'stony valley towards .Chatalja, The Bulgarian ranrion is roaring in the rear : insatiable' for death,'.and takes its hourly toll. < The track of: the Turks is paved with dying.' The enemy has again .'shown marvellous. celerity . in ," pursuing,, and"its.advance guard is,never;far.'from the rear- of-the retre'aters;-,/- / i The defence. of- Chatalj a,; from - which 1 so much was; expected, is likely when . sub; jecfed to 'the strain 1 to' prove a' delusion. :■ Nothing'.'short of the' Powers' .intervention can/ prevent - JCing , .Ferdinand's], entry, into Constantinople. • • -- -■-./• ! ' MARCH iii NOPLE. • SERVIANS' HASTENING TO ,'' ADRIANOPLE. ' MASSACRES' THREATENED.. :(Rcc. November 5, 11.5 p.m.) Vienna, November 5. The "Roichspost" states that forty thousand Servians are pushing forward, to strengthen the Bulgarians at Adrianoplo - and enable the latter to join in the march: :on Constantinople. The previous engagements had. made serious gaps ' which the Bulgarians are .required to fill, to permit Of the. march'on Constantinojile, a triumph which the victorious army demands.; '/SLAUGHTER OF CHRISTIANS ' ' FEARED. / ■ (Rec. November 5, 11.5 p.m.) Constantinople, November 5. .Hostility, to, Europeans/ as- increasing, particularly -among';the . lower classes. Some of the - workmen's " guilds openly boast that they -have taken a vow . to' massacre every Christian ?if the Bulgarenter Constantinople, .or. Euriielia. is, severed from' Turkey. '.' ' v/'■ : i The police prevented an/armed gang from /marching.. against, ..the. European quarters. /■ , / -Tho Greek Patriarch has received information of a terrible massacre at Bodosto on the' Sea of-Marmoraj 75 miles west of Constantinople. THE TURKISH WITHDRAWAL. ■ Constantinople, November 4. The Turks officially . announce their withdrawal to Cbatalja,/twenty-six miles west-north-west of Constantinople,- whither Shevket Torgut Pasha's forces fledafter breaking through (the Bulgarian, forces at Sarai. / . ' CHORLU THREATENED. : Vienna, November 4. Newspaper correspondents 'state that. ■Chorlu, 60 iniles west by north of Constantinople is imperilled. LOSSES AT LULE BURGAS. BULGARIAN ESTIMATE OF 41,000. TURKISH REINFORCEMENTS FAIL. London, November 4. The - consensus .of estimates at; Sofia is that 20,000.Turks were killed or wounded in tho battle of Lule 'Burgas. The Bulgarians during the past few days have had 20,000 men:wounded.' It is officially/stated that 'IOCO-have been killed.. ' AMAZED AT BULGARIAN ARTILLERY. (Rec. November 5, i 1.5 p.m.) Constantinople; November 5. According .to reliable accounts, • the Turkish right was meeting with much success, but its commissariat failed, and bad weather prevented reinforcements front landing at the Turkish base at Midia.on the Black Sea coast. Consequently' Mukhtar Pasha ivas compelled to. sacrifice the advantage ho had gained throughout the campaign. The Turkish artillery officers are amazed at tile superiority of Creusot over Krupp guns. Anxiety has been increased by the arrival of hosts of fugitives in a state of the most pitiable destitution. : ■ , The military are requisitioning bread, of which, salo to tho public is forbidden until the afternoon. ' WHAT THE TURKS EXPECTED. Vienna, November 4. .' The "Keichspot" reports that captured Turkish nffirarn siaU that Turkey it .

' was believed that the Bulgars' main attack would be concentrated on Adrianople, where the Bulgarian forces would bleed to death trying to capture it, giving Turkey time to mobilise. They, admit that there is want of unanimity among the loaders of the Turkish troops. SIEGE GUNS FOR CHATALJ A. ' • Vienna, November 4. The "Reichspost" states that the activity of the garrison, at Adrianople is diminishing, and that the Bulgarians hope to soon transfer their heavy siege guns to Chatalja.. Bashi Bazouks have been guilty of frightful, atrocities southwards of -Baba Eski. ■ POWERS' MEDIATION. FRENCH PROPOSALS FOR PEACE. ; EUROPEAN. CONGRESS. , London, November 4. Great Britain is communicating with the other Powers- before replying to Turkey. : M. / Poincare has proposed to the Powers consideration of the. following points:— ! il. Recognition of political and administrative changes in the parts ■ occupied by the Allies. ' 2; Retention of the Sultan's sovereignty in Constantinople and .the surrounding region.! : , 3. .The summoning of a European conference, to which the Balkan States will be invited. ~ The pourparler of the Powers are proceeding on the, basis of. M. : Poincare's proposals. They, are likely to be expedited by.,the Porte's application ,aiming at a. cessation, of hostilities. ~' WHAT AUSTRIA; INSISTS ON. NO BLOCKING OF THE ROAD TO .. THE AEGEAN. ■~!. •' i WARNING TO SERVIA. (Rec. ;November 5, 11.5 p.m.) ; >/-,•/.• Vienna, November 5.. The newspapers, are discussing- Servian aspirations to secure a port in the Adriatic, and'declare that' Austria .will not , tolerate any;shifting of.power'.which will, threaten her. Tule over the Eastern Adriatic or block her. access to the . I ,Aegean ,'Sea. /,-..,/ ; PERIL TO EUROPE'S ; PEACE.' ■ / f. ; /- London; November 4. ;r-!Tho "Daily Mail's" Vienna corresponidenti sfl.ys j; ._that Austria's,! .disinterested-.. 'hasi;l3ecomo, - through -the "overthrow' ;of Turkey, an' impossibility. The gravest •peril to European -peace is in/that. Aus.tria should be allowed a field,, as she is being ' squeezed at present. between Europe and the Balkan League, or she will find herself isolated;as a disturbing factor to the Concert of the Powers. .' OCCUPATION OF PRIZREN.; ■ • . Vienna, Novembor 4. The journal "Fremdenblatt" warns .Servia for having occupied Prizren. The occupation, it, says, was neither for. military nor. national motives, but to facilitate operations boyond that-point. TERRITORIAL CLAIMS. ABSTINENCE PROPOSED. AUSTRIA AND GERMANY SILENT. Paris, November 4. The French Prime Minister, M. Poincare, has suggested'that prior to .media-tion,-the'Powers should give a pledge not to make territori.il; claims. Britain and Russia have accepted the suggestion; Ger-! many and Austria hava not yet 1 replied. ~ Viennese newspapers argue that Ans-. tria will be nnable to give a pledge beforehand, without, knowing the probable consequences. ' French newspapers fear that Austria intends annexation, thus opening the way' for other Powers' It is added that Italy has an eyo on Albania. ' Other newspapers suspect Germany of preparing a surprise, and urge ,M. Poincare to temporise. ■ It is semi-oificially stated that the Porte has asked France to secure' intervention by the Powers, in order to stop hostilities and impose an armistice. M. Poincare has replied that he is unable to comply without infringing international law:. He will only be -able /to. examine, with'all the Powers, a'de-, mand for mediation—properly so-called— if made. ALLIES RESENT INTERFERENCE, London, November 4. It is stated from Balkan official sources that ,the Allies will not tolerate foreign interference. Conditions of peace, the whole plan of campaign, and the political programme were prearranged, and there is not the least danger of disagreement among tho Allies regarding the division of territories and definition of frontiers. REPLIES TO THE PORTE. Paris, November 4. The French Government, in reply to the Porte, states that there is no prospect of the Balkan Allies accepting the Turkish overtures. More definite proposals will be necessary.' \ It is understood the other Powers have sent similar replies. BRITISH MINISTER OPTIMISTIC. (Rec. November 5, 9.20 p.m.) London, November 5. Mr. F. D. Acland, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in speaking at Edmonton, said he was hopeful that the outcome of the war would be to-leave Europe easier than it had been for hundreds of years and produce an amelioration in the .Government of great populations. There was nothing in the situation at present to render that impossible. SORTIE FliOM ADRIANOPLE. (Rec. Novelnber G, 0.40 a.m.) Sofia, November 5. Twenty battalions of Turks on ,Sunday, supported by artillery, sortied on both banks of the Mnritza, west of Adrianople. The Bulgarians made a vigorous counterattack, ami drove back tile enemy to the fortress, inflicting heavy losses. . . The Turks attacked the Bulgarian* ill

tho Bunarhissar district on Friday, buk wove routed, .five officers and 1300 men Jx?ing captured, with a quick-firing battery. "MEDIATION IMPOSSIBLE." AUSTRIA STANDS ALOOF. FRENCH REPLY TO TURKISH APPEAL. (Rec. November (i, 0.40 a.m.) Paris, November 5. The Porte has notified tho Ottoman Ambassadors that the position is not desperate, though it is embarrassing. M. Poincare, in repying to the Turkish' request, said it would, be impossible to arrange an armistice, wliich would shatter the allies' plans and givs Turkey time to reorganise. He would be willing to examine a definite peace offer. "La Temps" says Russia, France, and Britain have set aside interests which might well 'have taken a territorial form, biit Austria's silence renders mediation impossible. KING PETER AT ÜBKUB. ANNEXATION OF TURKISH DISTRICTS. j,. SERVIAN PROJECTS. Belflrade, November 4. At Uskub, capital of the province of Kossovo, taken by . the Servians, large crowds acclaimed King Peter's entry. The King assured the Turkish inhabitants that they would be free-to live unmolested' under the new regime. The Turks' flight from Uskiib was a debacle. The scum of .the town began plundering. They fired a depot containing ammunition, but • volunteers extinguished the fire before it had reached the shrapnel. General Yankovich has reached Ciovstivar, en route to Mon'astir. It is reported that tho Servian Skupsh* tina will next session pass a Bill annexing the districts of Novi Bazar, Ifossovo, Kumanovo, Uskub, and Kuputi, Prisren, and' Sibra. Three million cartridges, fiv hundred rifles, • and seven wagon-lOac's of stores were captured at Mitrovit2a. ; The Servians , aro now . within thirty miles of Monastir,' the second city of Macedonia, on the Salonika-Moiiastir wayADVANCE ON THE ADRIATIC. (Rec. November 5, 9.20 p.m.} Belgrade, November-5. . The third Servian army is advancing westward towards Durazzo, the Albanian port on the Adriatic Sea. Another - division, under General Zir* covich, from Novi Bazar, is approaching Scutari. BULGARIANS IN THE WEST. Sofia, November 4.' The' Bulgarians, after fierce fighting, captured the Buk railway station, oh tins river Mesta, eighteen miles eastward of , Drama, thus severing the Turkish com* munications between Macedonia and Adrianople.' - Two 1 Bulgarian divisions operating . In the Tamrnch and Mehomja- districts,, . hear the head-waters of,the river Mesta, ■ eifected a juiiotion below Nevrokop, 30 miles north of Drama. . ' The Bulgarians and Servians have united in the Vardar Valley, and both armies are marching on unopposed. [' ..HUGE CAPTURE OF ARTILLERY, ' (ftec.''November 'if, 1 . Belgrade,, November 5. ', It is estimated,.that't)ie;'Sej-yianS; ,cap-.: tured two-thirds of the Ottoman artillery 'in Macedonia. . .: .< An examination " proves .that the Tii.rks I held an almost impregnable position in the Katchanik ; Pass, and the demoralise 1 tion of the Turks is-proved by their .yielding before scarcely a shot had been, fired. CREEK VICTORY. TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TURKS' . DEFEATED. j NEARING SALONIKA. j Athens, November 4. The' Crown .Prince's army, after 'two* days' fierce fighting, roiitfid several thousands of Turks at Yanitz.il'(2B iniles westnorthrwest of Salonika), incliirTinß mnnr who were strongly , entrenched. The ° Greeks hotly pursued the eneniy, capturing fourteen Turkish guris. , The Turkish . report of a Greek, defeat at Vodena, on the toil astir railway, is -unfounded. A Greek detachment was-landed at Stavros, 111 miles south of .the mouth of the River Struma,, and is advancing- on Salonika, from the west. RETREAT IN DISORDER. (Rec. November 5,. 11.5 p.m.) - Athens, November 5. The Turks defeated, at Yatiitza consisted of the Serres division of twentyfive thousand' men, with thirty guns. ' The battlefield in the vicinity is covered with dead, and the roads towards Salonika are strewn with equipment. The army has reached Salonika in Complete disorder." 1 ' MARCH ON MONASTIR. Athens; November' 4. 'A Greek Army marching on Fiorina, 17 miles south by. east of Monastir, - was checked by a supcriof force of Turks beyond Banitza, and compelled to entrench within twenty miles of .Monastir, THE TAKING OF PREVESA. ' Athens, November 4. . The Greeks occupied the Nicopolis Heights, overlooking Prevesa, after blowing up a Turkish battery/ The Turks and Bashi Bazouks fled. The Greeks captured 450 prisoners. A naval division cooperates with the land -forces at Prevesa. Tho Turks sank a torpedo boat to avoid its capture. The Greek fleet is cruising oft' .the Dardanelles,' awaiting tho Turkish fleet. ' Greek gunboats participating in, the attack oil Nicopolis sank tiro-Turkish gunboats. The Greek forces that captured Prevesa included Cretan and Epirote volunteers. The Turkish officers were allowed to retain their swords. BRUTAL OUTRAGES. (Rec. November 5, 11.5 p.m.) Athens, November 4. .. At Sntitisu, near Kozani, the Turks pillaged the Monastery of the Virgin, and cut a monk ill pieces.. They also impaled a three-year-old child and massacred many, of (ho inhabitants.