Second Edition THE BALKANS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 35, 10 February 1913, Page 6

Second Edition THE BALKANS.

HOSTILITIES RESUMED. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Cettinje, February 8. Forty thousand Montenegrins and twenty thousand Servians are attacking Scutari, jvhich twelve thousand Nazimas and some irregulars are defending. The Servians'have captured Bashti’s Hill, southward of Scutari. The Montenegrins are operating at Bardanjol, to the eastward. The Servians have lent the Montenegrins a number of captured- quickfiring guns, with Servian officers. The Standard’s Sofia correspondent reports Turkish casualties and the rout of Kavah with 12,000 men. WAR IN THE AIR. Athens, February 8. An aviator named Michaelas Mutusis and a naval officer named Moriatkis, hydroplaned from Hemnos in 14,0 minutes. They crossed and recrossed the entrance to the Dardanelles twice, circled over Nagara, dropped, four bombs into an arsenal, arid escaped the shots of the Turkish i warships aud of the land battery. They descended near Imbros, the destroyer Velos taking them to Lemnos. THE SIEGE OF ADRIANOPLE. bofla, February 7. Bulgaria refused the request of a, cqnsul at Adrianoplo to avoid bom--harding a certain quarter or allow 120 j foreigners to pass the lines, on the j ground;that it would impede operations. A PRAYER FOR VICTORY. (Received 8.45 a.hi.) j Cettinje, February 9. , j The King ordered a general ad-| vance on Scutari and viewed the bom-| bardment from the hilLtop. With! an uncovered head, he prayed: “May God give victory to my brave people.” SEVERAL ENGAGEMENTS! Servian artillery silenced Muselim battery, which the Montenegrin infantry stormed and captured. (Montenegrin guns sank two steamers on the Lake. i.‘ j i Sofia, February 9. Three columns of Turks advanced from Chataldja, but were all driven back with loss and much disorder. Bulgarian aeroplanes are reconnoitring the Chataldja line's. Constantinople, February 9. The Turks assert that their infantry and cavalry are harrassing the Bulgarians.