TURKISH INCAPACITY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1591, 7 November 1912, Page 5

TURKISH INCAPACITY.

AN ARMY WITHOUT OFFICERS.

(CREDIBLE BUNGLING, ALLEGED AT ■ HEADQUARTERS.

BATTLE EXPECTED AT CHATALJA.

By ToloErapß—Press' Association—Copyright ■': „(Eec. ; November; X 10..50 p.m.) ;'. 'London, November 6.-.'.; : TJie: "Daily. Telegraph's"'correspondent, in describing, the,: Turkish; retreat after the .battle "of* Lule •Burgas,.says ■ the strongest speedily got ' to the. front, while the weak, the' sick, ...and the wounded struggled painfully behind. ' Thousands; of ■wounded made pathetic efforts to keep up. with - their comrades, but many fell by the'roadside, and .crawled off the track, and'died.'-:' ';•■•!.' ; v: : ■ For: three days .'all were,' without food. Every stream:' into a mud puddle, in'.-the fearful;- •struggle, of the fugitives,to quench.-their- thirst, ,' '..The Turks at'ihe.'-com'mehcenieht of : the campaign were,; two 'thousand . officers sKprV:and;tho.loK:.of'.6ipcerlin\the;bal;tle was enormous;'.'Hence r 'arose' -the I( imups-. sibili%:-of. .'maintaining -a sembianc'e.;-.:of 'order :inVtke!.retreat;...;'.r,y •', .\'';;? •;.;, .Looking: back; trqin:' the rising : ground''at; Ch'orlu.Yan/exiiabrdmar'y'.sight:.met eye. ; Fifty, tho.usa'n'd, stragglers .dotted the plain,'men^horses;: ox-wagons all converging ion the two Toads' 'leading to' Chorlu.and all bent Vji'r.eaching.it.Wfore nightfall. '- - ■■''..";.:■. '}' 'ySi' V ■■'.:' '■': '•{?;>'■ '■ ■ ; -If, the- routed''• army.' and "falls back •' oh;". Constantinople, -the starving hordes are; bound to Min: looting," as the/city's forces,ate'iihcapable.of' preserving order. -~.-;. '■■:■:■ s>y-', '.-.'■ :.The :,iuilitaxy; authorities.' at': .Constantinople: :ta deliberately. 'deceived^ : the,:.outside;' world, hoping ' tiia'tahe .brave'ry;.;Of;{:,the.v.Turks .would ;pull;.!them, through,;at':the.eleventh -hour;.: '._-,".. ' : ('.':, ''''.;:-'':'.'.:-'- , '--- , - v ' '" ; The army: was 'defeated by'"sheer vation rather than any ;:othWact<n\ -The Turkish.' army' had no; gendrai;.staff '.tapablai'of. running. a" country i circus.-'The. 'greatest battle -of; modern\v''tinies:;;V.was fought .without .the..smalleßt''.preparationi Tie few'.'surgeons lacked,-eyery. necessary to ■succour.the wpunded,-and., the'artillery had only "..a; ;few;,;hours', supply.'of < amtriunition. • ';;.. .-. !/..;:'4'v;.:' ' ; -:: v: f : , Whole' battalions and 'brigades''consisted of ignorant.Anatolian peasants, thons: ands'of.whom.: had never handled aVrifle. ■;. The correspondent states that he.did'-nbt see' a-Turkish machinfe-gun in action. The Bulgarian artillery was matchless andvits ammunition supply was. a. masterpiece! of organisation. The Bulgarian machinegun, fire was; deadly. : .iY ; '■"■[ -'^•■\,{' r -■.■:}.'. :■;■ AO3TRI AN^poucY.;;;;:; STATEMEN"r BY FOREIGN MINISTER NOT; '■'"•;■' ; '(Eeci November; 7, 0.30. aim.)- v ;' j "., ! Budapest, November.6., Count Berohtold, the Austro-Hungarian Foreign.' Minister,. 1 in addressing.'.; 1 "the Foreign Affairß ;Committee, said the present aspiration .of. the. Balkan. Allies'! was incompatible, with the principle of .•the integrity of ..Turkey, but Austria had'no tendency:-. towards .territorial : expansion; arid' was prepared to .make.large ailow> anpes. for /the. new situation.,.created, by the. Allies'., victories,., and: to; lay:; the* foundation 'of a lasting audVfriendly'un.derstanding. j. On'; the ; other h'and.l'Aus-tria-Huhgary ■ would also • haveithe;:right to demand \that.her legitimate, interests, should not suffer in the settlement.' -He hoped; that Rumania's interest' would meet' with, corresponding consideration. ■ ■:''';;:APPEAL FOE :;;;•;;;.-(Eec.;November 6, 10.50 p;m.) '■>■;' '■''', '■■■ ''"■'.; '*■''}.'■■ , Parisi November 6.: Ei'faat Pasha, Turkish ;Ambassador to France, has Tehewed.his request for media,tibn by the Powers. ' '-~-,: '.' ; ..'.;■ ." The'. Prime .Minister,- M. Poincare,'repeated his. previous'answer that he was prepared: to : consult the Powers, if, .the belligerents 1 would accept mediation.:;:;; , >;". )':• ;■■■' '.;■'.: •'. : . .\ -,'"■; : . '.: London, November 5.•' :,Sir Edward, Grey, .'Secretary--pf State for Foreign Affairs, speaking in the House' of Commons,,said it was true the.Pprtp had appealed Itp the, .Powers' to'secure the sus-, pension'.of, hostilities; , ~Th 6 had been .exchanging .views? on the, subject. It, would bo a delicate thing,to interfere unless both parties to : the war asked the Powers to'dp. 50... 'No one,'he added, bojild "question, the Balkan- Allies' fight .to-formulate.their:own;terms of peace. Sir Edward, ; G,rey' v informed.Mr.' Bonar Law," Leader of the Opposition, thatthere was no "foundation .for a report that Britain had addressed any warning. to Bulgaria.; (Cheers.) The movement: of British warships were precisely similar . to of other Powers.. '. ■■■'.''. . ;,_. AUSTRIAN APPREHENSIONS. • ' ...'•■'.« 'Vienna, November: 5., '. The newspaper'. "Neu'e Freie'Press'e" says that diplomatic.'circles .view-:British Baval.measures .in connection ...with' the Near East as a. possible..prelude to the annexation of Egypt. ■•" ',;' . BATTLE fITADRIANOPLE. ' \ EJULGARIANS COMPEL TURKS TO '■''VVi'^vi; 1 ': ; "RETIRE.;'.',/' •.;■;;'/; WATEE SUPPLY'CUT. (Eec. November "7, O.pO-a.m.) . . v/.iSofia, November 6. A battle raged:alt day on October 29, whon twenty thousand Turks attempted to break through the tasiegers a t Adrianople. Both sides lost heavily. The Bulgarians, by a violent general bayonet charge; compelled the Turks to retire within their lines'; .where they were ported by artillery. The Bulgarians did not follow. , ' ' ; . ~ . ,;,< jEefugoes. state . that, 'the'-., Adrianople. water-supply is cut, ami that the : inhabitants': are dependent on the river; There is much sickness. THE TURKS ,N RETREAT '."' ANOTHER DEFEAT RECORDED. ... . , FALLING BACK ON CHATALJA. . (Reo. November 7, 0.30. a.m.) V ':■ ~. . Vienna, November 7. . v The whole Turkish Army is' not yet within' the •! Chat'alja line. The' Western section, which took up a position east of

Jhorlu, was vanquished yesterday, and is retreating to Chatalja. ;.-,_, THE NEXT BATTLE. -. ' (Reb. November 7; 0-30 a.m.) f" .-..■■ "' ■ 6. The Bulgarian left-wing-of 54,000. men has. reached Istranja- and is continuing to advance on Icherkeskeni. '. The main body is passing- through' Istranja on the region behind the JDerkos Chatalja line. The Southern. Army ; will ' execute ■ '. a frontal.attack on Chatalja. ■• -. •' ■ . , BULGARIANS AT DERKOS. ;: - London, November h, :,The Exchange Telegraph Company's Sofia,, correspondent, states that a large Bulgarian fcrce. has occupied Dorkos,. 21 miles, north-west by .north of Constantinople, and cut off. the, aqueduct on which Constantinople is ( dependent<for its watei supply: ' .•..i'>-'-/^: ; .-' .'. ''■.•"'•.■'■ ■ The Bulgarian .trpdps.'haye.occupiedtlii region between. Chorlu and -• Chatalja,.. 2! mileß north-west' of. Constantinople, com pletely surrounding:, one ; . of' the Tu'rMsl forces.- ;' '•'.■■/', '.- s .' ; Re'uter's Constantinople ~ correspondent reports that the Turks'; are' preparing foi the'i.defeuce of Chatalja. Asiatic troop: arc''constantly arriving>there. ..--.■ -.'■' i ; Fifteen, hundred Circassian horsemei haye.landed. ,■ -' . • "-.,' . '"'■j^r. A'-.'TWO-DAYS''SPELL. V : . \\:. \\; ;'.:; % 7-'..?', , •■'■'-■ Sofia, November 5, ■■'.'■ ■ The iulf.in the 'operations' at Chorlu "is due'\to. the Bulgarian army, after-foui days and nights' of. fighting, having' beei given- two '.days' repose.'.... The period' b rest expires'.to-day, when ari'advahce wil be'made, on Chatalja, with reinforcement from the troops'-round -Adrianople. '; Thi latter are'to.beireplaced by Servian's. '-'. i.'l The Second.'- Bulgarian ''Army, ■ uhde General Kutehineff, is marching by. wa; of, the coast' to. the Sea ofMaTmofa where,it. w:ill effeota junction -Vwith\Gei eTal Dimitrieff's command,- near Chataljt to whioh'place the body,<)f,the :. 'Turks,is. beingwitHdrawm';--.-. .•, . ■.>'':.! v ; MONTE NE C R O'S CA MP AIC N| i'. j'unotion< withi'^s'e.p'v ianarmy.i :;;!, more towns^occupied;^'■'"' .-•'! : '' (Reo.: November' 6,' 10,50 p.m.):- • .':' ... ';.. . ..: Cetinje, November 6.,:; .-■''Monteneg\rin and Austrian /officers,, under, a white flag, 'demanded, the surrender:'of'Soutari, but R-iza. 'Bey refused .to ooraply.''..,.: ,-•' ! ; . ' •. : The Montenegrins have occupied Alessio. and the Port of San Giovanni de Medua. v The' Servians and. Montenegrins have junctioned-at Ipek, and are inarching against'.-Diakova. '.-...' ■'.' ,--■ ;>!j :;'., COMPELLED TO. - :; .., .(Reo;November ■-7," 0.80 a.m.) ..;; . >•..'. ,'. ; .' Vienna,' November 6. . ,-The "ReichsposV • states that.the Montenegrins' crossed the-Bojana River, but a superior' Turkish force atßerdica vcom T , polled'them-.to retire. , '/'/■ ~ ;.-' -———.- /■"-,,' .- ';'■' . .-. CHRISTIANS SHELLEDi :'-.' .•»......;.;.. :■•' ■ .•' Cetinje, November .5. ;/The., foreign consuls .have protested '.to Prince panilpi commanding the Monteneg/ih'ttoopsi outside Scutari, that shells are; falling; among .peaceful Christians' and Mohammedans in. thetown. The Crown Prince has replied, that the town is fortified, and ; that neutral buildings ought .to be marked'-with special flags. 'Ha' con-, eludes by-mentioning misuse, of the- white flag by! the. Tujrks, Montenegrin soldiers being,the.victims. ..''*.•: . .',.,. ' SERVIAN. CASUALTY LIST. > ■■\ ■-~-! ,>.-■■ , - .-.-;'.' ■;; : turks concentrating. near-', -; :. monastir:' .- .<;-■.;•- "'. (Bee. November 6, 10.50. p.m.).... '-.'■ '""/, -.■;.'.■•■ Belgrade, November 6. : The are concentrated' in strong positions at Pibrai Monastir, and Prilip.i The Servian casualties to November '3 were:— Killed—72 officers and 3417 . men/ . Wounded-r238 officers and' 068 men, .. ■•-.Missing^B'S.' ■~•■.-:,, ■.'',.'- . '''~;';•/■ RUMANlA'S,desires:'.' , ,' MAT JOIN.TRIPLE ALLIANC2. ' . (Rec. November 6, 10.50, p.m.), ■ ~ • Bukarest, November.6., There are indications that Rumania desires v to regain 'her old'frontier running from'EiUsthuch'.to Varna, and.will join the Triple Alliance, for support against a '.powerful Bulgaria.' HEAVY DEATH-ROLL EXPECTED. , NO SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS. . (Rec, "November ,6, 9.45 p.m.) •' ' ~' :j ' : ' - ...■ London, November 6. H Tho /''Lancet's'' , correspondents state that.-'inpirtality,. 'arising from disease.an; the Balkans,'is likely to be enormous, as the arrangements .'of, both sides for. dealing with, .'the sick and wounded are'in- I adequate; ■ . ." j ' Starving , non-combatants are-pouring I into Constantinople, and disease is likely to decimate them, '. SNOW FALEING IN MOUNTAINS. -(Rec. November 7, 0.30 a.m.) 'Constantinople, November 6. The. British cruiser AVeymouth has-ar-rived in tho Bosphoi'us. .'Snow is falling in the mountains and delaying.'military developments, on both, sides. ' ~.-''■ The Embassies have requested permisssion for 1 the passage of a second Avarshijj' each through the Dardanelles. ' ' , Tho Greeks have occupied Phara. . ; "