THE BALKAN TROUBLE.
UATTLK OF KKKSNA. GKEKK Ano KULGAK. A LUNGES) mi I,GAR ATROCITIES. Hy Tele;;r;l ph.—l'r<"> >r-i t ion.• (Jojiyrlglll Received tfiip day, 11.15. i,omioii. Friday. Tbo Daily Toleivrnpb mUlcr Sunday's ball.l <' :it K"ropnn l'aw wan really a ecriea of tT nnr 1 r for possession of isolated mountain neakr. At one apot two opporin.': ron-pr.nii ! u:n phorl of ain mini it urn .-.ho !'e■n i hj: rood «ach other with r l'Mior r.l tin. tst yards, i! crop!' a n;> nmr e.uHy isi;t iI the Creek 1 npid<>ri;iiir wi:r t< «i the i■ u Ijtnrinns. Suddenly at iivi' o'clock the Bulgarian hnel-T. .-o»»d. c. and there was dn'cioreii a o:ror,i sine <»f frefihtroopj mmd<r: tit twelve thou: raid with fixed hayotn ■< r. The uifju-k wrr a crucial teat for the moraie of Uu Greeks, but they re maim d iwady. pumping magazine after in:-!'.:.' ine into the charging Hole-arinr. Whole aert.ionp of Bulr'.'Kir;- were awept away. Other section I- eharei ;i on.and dor.ens of bloody bayonet eomlxttr r-iuiied. Wenrv, unwatoied, ami tin fed, the Greeks-' line v. as driven hack. A JhotiFand :i>i:;niiyinen in reserve enoldod th. Or- e): eontre to reform, 'the armies exehrneed bullets on the mountain slept aa : a hundred yards ran-,-. i-'tiOiu-- Gj. <i, leinforcemeuti with, machine .'.unr mf tanked the Bulea nans' rir.H, and >-v< rvwhere the I*n I;■■,">r line which hroke. The Greeks Wf re ton weary to psirsuo and lay down ami slept. The rixtli'diViinon alone lost thirteen hundred out. of ten thousand. The total Greek loss wan twenty-five hundred. The Utile,:irinns probably ast sr. t 'an;; and. Several Greek" who were capture.p jon Sunday ware found with eyes I e.oue.etl out, e.ara and nones cut off. | One man war still •"''> vr -
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 590, 2 August 1913, Page 5
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291THE BALKAN TROUBLE. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 590, 2 August 1913, Page 5
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