THE WAR IN THE BALKANS

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1595, 12 November 1912, Page 5

THE WAR IN THE BALKANS

FIGHTING AT CHATALJA. 1 BULGARIANS OCCUPY HHORE SEA PORTS. GREAT ACTIVITY IN RUSSIA.

(Rec. November 111'10.35 p.m.) | London, November 11: | The "Daily Mail's 1 ' Constantinople cor-' respondent confirms the reported lack of preparation for tho defence of Chatalja. The position was defended by a mere rabble. ,' . Other correspondents attributo the Bui-1 garian delay to a. desire to await the i Greeks and Servians in order to enter! Staraboul together, and also to tho fact i that Servia is determined to reaoh a sea-" port beforo negotiating for n settlement' conjointly with the allies. ' MAIN POSITIONS FORCED. Vienna, November 10. The newspaper , "Reichpost" says the Bulgarian attack o'n Chatalja is being energetically prosecuted. The Bulgarians, are engaged in forcing tho main positions, consisting of several lane 3 ono behind the other. The Turks are fighting unevenly. Tho most vulnerable part of the Chatalja system is the northernmost, inasmuch as the forts there are lower, single, and more widely set, the northernmost being four miles from tho sea, leaving an expanse of sand which is possibly traversable. Tho Bulgarian Third Army is closing in. Tho Turks are landing troops as fast as possiblo at Midia on tho Black Sea coast, 43 miles north-east of Lule BuTgas, to reinforce Shevkot Torgut Pasha. Fugitive Turkish) troops massacred many of the inhabitants of Silivri (a seaport'town on the Sea of Marmora, thirtysir miles west of Constantinople)," which was almost completely burnt. NEW TURKISH COMMANDERS./ (Rec. November 12, 0.35 a.m.) Constantinople, November 11. It is now stated that Field-Marshal Fraad Pasha and General Bnhir Pasha are commanding tho Turks at Chatalja. MACEDONIAN VOLUNTEERS. (Rec. November 12,' 0.35 a.m.) 'Sofia, November 11. 1 Thirty thousand Macedonian volunteers .have joined the Bulgarians in Thrace. 'Thousands of them are armed with Mausers oaptured from Turks. It is stated that Bulgarians have ocoupicd Eregli and Silivri, on the Sea of Marmora. 'Tho wounded at Lulo Burgas narrate that General Dimltrieffi always appeared in the first line of battle encouraging the men. LOSS OF 150,000 MEN, APPALLING TOTAL. FLEET FIRES ON BULGARIANS, (Rec. Novomber 12, 0.35 a.m.) Paris, November 11. French' advices from tho Balkans confirm the terrible losses reported in the recent battles. The total casualties, inclusive of. both' sides during the war, are estimated at 150,000. The Turkish fleet bombarded a Bulgarian field battery near tho port of Jfodosto on the sea. of Marmora. CORPSES DAM RIVER. Vienna, November 10. Details of the fighting at Chorlu show that corpses and war material still dam tho river. 1 There was bitter fighting at close quarters in the forest northward of Chorlu. The animosity was such that men threw away their weapons and sprang at one another's throats. Tho artillery decimated tho Turks, who arc fleeing from Istranja. to Kapakli Bunar. BULGARIAN ADMINISTRATORS. Sofia, Novembor. 10. A committee, composed of heads of' Government Departments and former Bulgarian Consuls iii Turkey, has prepared a schomo for the administration,of the con.: quored districts. 'ANOTHER SEAPORT TAKEN. Sofia, November 10. It is reported that the Bulgarians have captured Kavala, a seaport 21 miles south of Drama, The Turks, unable to escape, surrendered. The Bulgarians have nlso captured Qumurjina, on the Salonika railway, 70 miles south-west by west of Adrianople.