THE STRUGGLE AT CHATALJA

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1604, 22 November 1912, Page 5

THE STRUGGLE AT CHATALJA

PEACE TERMS.

A VIVID DESCRIPTION.

BULGARIAN ADVANCE VIGOROUSLY •RESISTED.

FIERCE ARTILLERY DUELS.

By,Telegraph—Press A By Tolseraph-Fress Association—OopyrlKht '(Rec. November 21,11.30 p.m.) London, November 21. Mr. Martin Donohue, correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," states that both sides at Chataija are exhausted after the fearful artillery duel. It is probable that the .Bulgarians' attack was merely a reconnaisance in' force to test the vulnerability of the Turkish works. The Turks displayed a. better fighting spirit than hitherto, and the infantry showed admirable steadiness. A finer-class of Turkish reserves are now in. the fighting: lino. .'••... Both sides suffered great losses. The Turkish wounded are now served decently with a good ambulance corps. : The wounded are streaming into Hadem[koi. In Sunday's contest a warship prevented the Bulgarians' turning the Turkish left. Lake Boyuk-Chekmeje was too deep and wide for pontooning, and tho only passage for the Bulgarians was by means of a narrow stone bridge close to the sea shore. The warships destroyed the bridge. after two days' shelling. The Bulgarians, under cover of darkness on Saturday, pushed their infantry forward, within striking distance of the Turkish left. : The Bulgarians then dug themselves; into cover, and held on, firing in' the face of.a heavy fire. The., Bulgarian artillery burst their shells' with fine precision over the Turkish redoubts, entailing- heavy loss. While one section.shelled.the redoubts, another sought to destroy the Turkish infantry reserves,' a favourite Bulgarian manoeuvre which was brilliantly successful at Lule Burgas. One redoubt was smothered in shellfire, six shrapnels bursting simultaneously. It was impossible to judge of the success of the Turkish fire owing to the haze enveloping the" valley. 1 ' Several warships at Boyuk-Chekmeje pounded at the Bulgarians on the heights, and several shells' struck a village, which burst into flames. . . While the Bulgarians were shelling the redoubts', the' Turks were dying like flies from cholera and dysentery, and the rear of the army was dotted with isolation camps, where the stricken soldiers lay without food or water, and without medical attendance, imploring Allah to end their suffering. A few fatigue parties dug shallow graves contiguous' to the tenia, and the living buried a percentage of .the dead. . In Monday's fight It appeared as if tho concave fol-nlation l) bf I 'the Turkish defence] was about''to ,:l be broken ' in 'the 'centre,' ' isolating the wings,.while a Bulgarian wedge advanced along the, main road to Constantinople, but fortune favoured the Turks,- and. the :Bulgars were imablo to hold the advanced positions which they had stormed with such heavy cost, and fell back. • . The Turks were vigorously shelling retreaters and oceupyiug the redoubts.

ARRANGING AN ARMISTICE. WHAT THE ALLIES WANT. (Reo. November 21, 11.30 p.m.) Constantinople, November 21. Heavy firing was heard yesterday, and was.probably due to the,warships being unaware of the truce, which expires today.. : If the Allies' terms are accepted, Nazim Pasha and General Fitcheff will be entrusted to arrange an armistice. The Allies' terms include the surrender of Adrianople, Scutari, and Yanina, and all .Turkish territory now in the Allies' .possession, and-the occupation of the Chatalja 1 lines. , AUTONOMY FOB'ALBANIA. (Bee. November 21, 11.30 p.m.) .__ London, November 21. The "Daily Mail's" Sofia correspondent states that the Allies have definitely abandoned the partition of Albania, and have consented to its autonomy, A TEMPORARY TRUCE. London, November 20. Renter's. Chatalja correspondent Teports that the Bulgarians have ceased fighting pending pourparlers. - TURKISH DELEGATE. Constantinople, November 20. - Nazim Pasha, Turkish Commander-in-Chief, has been appointed delegate to arrange for an armistice. . : THE POWERS AND MOSLEMS. (Rcc. November 21, 11.30 p.m.) Constantinople, November 21. . The Grand Vizier, Kiarail Pasha, indicts the Powers for not promptly communicating the Turkish demands for an armistice, and thus causing the loss of thousands of lives. The Powers' hesitation compelled Turkey to approach King Fcrdinnnd directly. ' Kiamil asks:,"Do the; Powers distinguish against Moslems in defeat as well as in victory ? If so, what becomes of their professions of humanity and justice?" AUSTRIAN GRIEVANCE. CASE OP PRIZREN CONSUL. Vienna, November 20. Germany and Italy, whose interests in Prizren were entrusted to the Austrian Consulate, -joined in the representations to Belgrade concerning tho caso of M. Prochaska. Count Berchtold, Austrian Foreign Minister, announces that Servia has assented to an Austro-Hungarian Functionary going to Uskub to investigate matters. (Rec. November 21, 11.30 p.m.) Belflrade, November 21. It is semi-officially stated that the Government will not be placed in a difficulty by the Austrian representative proceeding to Prizren to communicate with the Consulate there. PROTECTION OF FOREIGNERS. TROOPS RETAINED. ■ (Eec. November 21, 11.30 p.m.) ;'■' Constantinople, November 21. The Porto has suggested to the Powers to withdraw their nnval contingents, asserting that they are no longer required. ' The Anibassadors and Foreign Minis-

Lssociation—Copyrig'ttt : ters, however, met and decided not to alter the position for the present. CHOLERA RAVAGES. BLOCKING ACCESS TO ST. SOPHIA. (Rec. November 21, 11.30 p.m.) Constantinople. November 21. Cholera and typhoid have broken out among the Bulgarians at Eodosto and Silivri, on tho Sea of Marmora/ It is believed that tho quartering of cholera patients in the Mosque of Saint Sophia in the capital was done to prevent the enemy from entering and celebrating a "Te Deum." CHATALJA FIGHTING. SUCCESSES DENIED; Sofia, November 20. The reported Turkish successes at Chataija are officially denied. Constantinople, November 20. Nazim Pasha, Turkish Commander-in-Chief, reports that reconnoitring parties counted five hundred Bulgarians dead on the slopes near the Chataija station. Prisoners state that the Bulgarians were for three days foodless, and unable to remove their wounded. Independent accounts confirm the report that the Turks aro maintaining their positions in the Chataija lines. SIEGE OF ADRIANOPLE. ; HEAVY TURKISH LOSSES. Sofia, November 20. The Turks at Adrianople on Monday attempted to break through the investing lines. They fought throughout the day, but were repulsed with heavy losses. FALL OF MONASTIR. AN UNTRUE STORY. London, November 20. Router's Belgrade correspondent states that latest reports show that the Turks at Monastir did not surrender, but fled in all directions. The newspapers demand an inquiry regarding the origin of the report that 10,000 prisoners were taken. Athens, November 20. The Crown Prince of Greece telegraphs! "To-morrow we march, on Fiorina. Tho enemy is resisting, despite the surrender .pi .Monaßtir." „«■„} ;^ | SCELLAN^p,(J.S.ITEMS, ;„ ;f ..,., "MACEDONIANS AMBUSH TURKS. ' ' (Rec. November 21, 11.30 p.m.) London, November 21. Eight hundred wounded have arrived at Athens, from Salonika. A Russian cruiser has hastily sailed for Jaffa, in consequence of tho reported massacre of Christians. A band of Macedonians ambushed 500 Turkish regulars in the Yanina district in Epirus, killing U and wounding 77. The rest fled. (Rec. November 21, 11.30 p.m.) London, November 21. Lord Halifax, presiding at a meeting of the English Church , Union, said he thanked God for the Balkan Allies' success in' securing for Christians what diplomacy was too feeble or too indifferent to effect. INDIAN MOSLEM SYMPATHY, PRAYERS FOR THE SULTAN. Calcutta, November 21. . A hundred thousand Moslems have assembled at Maidan to : offer the intercessory prayers for the Sultan. Similar gatherings' ore being held throughout India.