TURKS BEATEN AGAIN.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1600, 18 November 1912, Page 5

TURKS BEATEN AGAIN.

BATTLE OF CHATALJA.

BULGARIANS pETERIINED TO ENTER ; '.-CPNSTANTiNOPLE.

• CHOLERA EPIOEIIC BREAKS OUT/

(By Megraph.—Special Correspondent.) Vienna, November 15. The "Reicbpoat" published a message stating that on Thursday last, after four days' murderous fighting, the Bulgarians penetrated the centre of the Cliatalja lines, completely rolling up the Turks' defence. The Bulgarian advance is being continued with the greatest energy, with a view'. to forcing the Turkish troops away from Constantinople. The Turkish request for an armistice has been forwarded to the Royal headquarters. ' The entry of the Bulgarians into Constantinople will be carried out on the same lines as the entry of the Germans into Paris in 1871. The, aimy insists on this crowning of its' labours; The Bulgarian commanders desire, before agreeing to an armistice, to oreate a military situation which will not leave Turkey a chance'of resuming hostilities, but mil facilitate the liberation of the bulk of the Bulgarian forces for eventual employment in another direotion. . TURKS REPULSED WITH HEAVY ;; LOSS. Sofia, November 16. The Turks at Chatalja attacked the Bulgarian centre on Tuesday last, but were repulsed with great , loss. Four hundred and fifty Bulgarian guns will shortly be brought to bear on the Turkish positions. ' ' The Bulgarians "captured eighty Krupp guns, at Chatalja. The guns had not been unpacked, and had only recently arrived from Constanza. BULGARIANS BOMBARDED. Constantinople, November 15. The warship Turgut Reis, 9901 tons, yesterday bombarded four thousand Bulgarians northward of Derkos, 2i miles northwest by north of Constantinople, inflicting losses. ■ . ' CHOLERA SCOURGE. •SIX THOUSAND CASES REPORTED. ' ANOTHER FOE FOR TURKEY. Constantinople, November 15. ' Cholera is spreading alarmingly. There are fivo hundred cases daily"at Chatalja, and the total to • date exceeds six. thousand. Victims are crawling , to the stations, hoping to be taken to Constanti- ■ noplo. - Hundreds of troops are stricken. ' A single train brought 160 to.Sau Stefano, also corpse. TVo hundredand;: sixtythree bodies were buried at Hademkoi on- ; Tuesday ; in %j|nglj^jyjii^i b -- has/destroyed the possibility, of the; Turk"ish defence'of Chatalja; and will possibly prevent even the temporary, occupation of Cohstantinople by the enemy.'''.'. The Bulgarians, at Derkos control the water supply of Constantinople, but ilave not interfered witi it. / THE BROKEN ARMY'S RETURN. ... , Constantinople, November 15. An Englishman who has reached here from Rodosto, on the Sea of Marmora, states Turkish troops ■' from Lule Burgas arrived cowed. They took thirty hours; passing the town, and were without a semblance of order. Few ;had retained their uniform's, and fewer their rifles. . The' officers threw away their . swords, and tho.army's only .thought was to escape from, the Bulgarian shrapnel. A fortnight earlier the same Turks passed Rodosto carrying toy bells, which th«y were going to make the girls in Sofia wear when they danced before them. The Porte i 3 transporting 100,000 refugees in the' vicinity of Constantinople to Black Soa ports. DRAMATIC INCIDENT. ~ KING DISGRACES A GENERAL. ./ SUICIDE OF THE OFFICER.' (Rec. November 17, 5.5 p.m.) Vienna, November. 17i • "Die Zeit" saya it is whispered with bitter comments in Sofia that the. first and sixth infantry regiments—the former including many lawyers, artists, and leading decimated through a' General forgetting to cover thedr charge by artillery, or sending them in the wrong . The whispers state that.the blundering. General addressed the remnant of the two .regiments .after the charge, praising their heroism. King Ferdinand, who was pre-, sent, nodded in assent, . and then said: ,"A. word with you, General," and before them all stripped .'off , the General's epaulettes. • The' General remained at attention for a moment, and then) after saluting stepped back and shot himself. WHOLE DIVISIONS BOLT. STARVED TURKISH TROOPS RUN ; AWAY. ■ INEXTRICABLE CONFUSION. (Rec. November 17, 5.5 p.m.) London, November 17. "The Times" correspondent witnessed the Turkish retreat upon Salonika, and gives a vivid description of the demoralisation of the army. The.infantry fired at random. The ICrupp shells often failed to burst. The Redifs threw away their rifles, pleading that for : days theyy had been without food and without ammunition. They said, "When tho officers ran, wo ran." In many instances entire divisions of Redifs bolted from the battlefield. The correspondent saw ten thousand men massed for the second line of defence on the River Gallioo, near Salonika. Infantry, cavalry, and artillery were jumbled together. They had no bread and no water, and were exposed'to a biting wind. Similarly n,t headquarters fifteen thousand defenders, entrenched in an exposed position on the eastern bank of the Vardar, were unfit to fight. They were spiritless and were deserting in droves, and tho officers, although brandishing revolvers and whips, were, unable to keep them in the ranks. The Turks mined the bridge over tho Kara-Azmark River with dynamite, but in the confusion the commandant forgot to press the button, and the Greeks bloodlessly captured a vital strategic point. During the retreats, thousands of weep-

ing and homeless fugitives intermingled with the soldiery. WESTERN CAMPAIGNS. SERVIANS NEAR MONASTER. (Rec. November 17, 5.5 p.m.) Belgrade, November IS. The Servians have expelled the' Turks from a position, four miles from Moil astir, the last remaining Turkish stronghold in Macedonia. Floods are hampering the operations. GREEKS TAKE METSOYO. Athens, November 15. The Greeks-captured Metsovo, in the south-east of Albania, nineteen miles from Yanina, after edghte hours', fighting. SIEGE OP SCUTARI. Cetinje, November 15. After a lull, due to the terrible weather, the Montenegrins resumed the bombardment of Scutari. The infantry, using their bayonets, expelled the Turks from the trehohes and drove them into Scutari. AUSTRO-SERVIAN SCARE. OUTLOOK IMPROVES. London, November 15. The outlook abroad has improved. The Austro-Servia.n scare has hot been unwelcome to Austria, who is anxious to* strengthen the Triple Alliance and facilitate its renewal. It is reported from Vienna that Russia contends that Constantinople must remain Turkish or become Russian. Advices from St. Petersburg state that defensive mobilisation continues. ARMISTICE PROPOSAL. ' Sofia, November 15. The Bulgarian Ministry has informed Kiamil Pasha, Turkish Grand VVizier, that it is consulting the allied Cabinets, tod will give a reply regarding the proposed armistice later. MONTENEGRO OBJECTS. (Roo. November 17, 5.5 p.m.) Paris, November IS. It is semi-offioially stated that Montenegro will not odnsent to an armistice unless Scutari unconditionally eurrenders. mansion house fund. (Rec. November 17, 5.5 p.mO . , ■' " London, November 16. A Mansion House ftiiid has been opened in aid of non-combatant eufferora in the war. TURKISH SEDITION. PLOTS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. (Rec. November 18, 0.20 a.m.) Constantinople, November 17i A number of leading young Turks, including the editor of the "Tanin," Djela Bey, ex-Minister for the Interior, have been arrested in connection'with a plot to overthrow the Government. Many officers at the front have been arrested for fomenting propaganda to restore the exSultan Abdul Hamid. TURKISH MAGAZINE EXPLODES. (Rec, November 18, 0,18 a.m.) Athens, November 17. A Turkish magazine exploded near Salonika, killing ninety-five persons,' including fifteen. Greek cavalry. MONASTER SURROUNDED. (Rec. November 18, 0.20 a.m.) Belgrade, November. 17. The Servians have captured all the positions commanding Monastir., CABLES IN WAR TIME. - 1 ——» A DANGER OP ISOLATION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrieht (Reo. November 17, 6.5 p.m.) London, November 16. Mr. Charles Bright, F.R.S.E., the wellknown cable expert, in giving evidence .before the Empire Trade Commission, urged that a cable efoould be laid from Britain to Canada, and that its course should not be made publio, If t'he eastern cable was cut in war time, the component parts of the Ejnpii-e might be unable to iarrange for joint action.