Ready to Strike.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 215, 1 April 1913, Page 5

Ready to Strike.

AUSTRIA'S SINISTER ATTITUDE. THREE ARMY CORPS. S By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Received 31, 11.30 p.m. Vienna, March 31. Austria lias three anny corps on the Heraegovtnian frontier. A BULGARIAN REVERSE. BRAVERY OF THE'TURKS. -DESPERATE P.AY'ONET FIGHTS. Received 31, 11.30 p.m. London, March 31. 1 Mr. Donolio!', telegraphing to the e Daily Chronicle from lladcnkoni, states ' that 20,000 Bulgarians attacked and carried the advanced positions at the point i of the bayonet during a rainstorm on • Friday night. t The Turks at daylight bombarded the s captured position, making it impossible 1 for the Bulgarians to entrench there. I Six thousand Turks, in blinding rain, s gallantly crossed a plateau, exposed to ■ a withering fire, and stormed the muddy slope. A desperate bayonet fight resulted, and the Bulgarians were driven down the other slope; A fag prevented further fighting. REPORTED '(BULGARIAN DEFEAT. AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK. Constantinople, March 30. The Bulgarians at night attacked an advanced position at Bujukcheckraedje. The Turks retired but made a counterattack on the left wing and, aided by ; the fleet, drove off the Bulgarians, whose attack on Mouradli Hill was also un-. successful. It is officially- stated that the Bulgarians left a thousand killed and wounded at Bujiikchetmedje. .THE TERMS OF PEACE. BULGARIA INSISTS ON INDEMNITY.; London, March 30. i A Renter's telegram states that Bulgaria agrees with the Powers' recom-. mendations, except the Enos-Midia line and the indemnity. Bulgaria is prepared to accept a MiiliivGulf of Saros Tine, leaving the Gulf of Marmora and the Dardanelles to Turkey, but insists on the indemnity if responsible for a portion of the Ottoman debt. SIEGE OF SCUTARI. Cett'inje, March 30. Despite the collective note, the Montenegrins are heavily bombarding Scutari.