THE BALKANS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 14 February 1913, Page 5

THE BALKANS

CABLE NEWS

(United, Iress Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.)

BATTLE OF BULAIR. BOMBARDMENT OK ADRIANOPLE (Received this Morning 12.55 o'clock.) CONSTANTINOPLE. February 3. OlHcial circles declare that_ the Bulgarian version of the Bulair engagement isi exaggerated. 'J he lurkish losyos did not exceed 800, while the Bulgarians did not gain an inch. .The Turks are now fortifying their position at Bulair. Sliovket L'asha. in an interview, said ho had not accepted office with tiie sole object of continuing the war, but in order to conclude peace. Ho had replied to the Bowers' Xote with a proposal on which peace aiegotiations may bo continued. A heavy bombardment at Adrianople is proceeding. The Bulgarian aeroplanes dropped bombs during the engagement. There hast been severe lighting at Gallipoli. BIG BATTLE PENDING. ■■■ ] IvXYF.R, BEY LANDS 60,000 MEN. (Received February 13, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, February 12. lie-uter'o Constantinople correspondent states that Enver Bey, with (51),000 men, safely landed at Eregli, under the guns of the Turkish fleet. The Bulgarians retired on their Ergene lines, where there is a prospect of a general engagement. Troops art? advancinrr from Chataldeja to co-operate with Enver Bey's forco. ■Hundreds of Circassians wore sent to Midia, on the Black Sea, and instructed to harass the Bulgarian communications. The first attempt failed, the Circassians being ambushed ft nil wiped out. FRANCE AND BULGARIA. (Received February 13, 8.5 a.m.) PARIS, February 12. 'I he French Government has made further urgent representations to the Bulgarian Government regarding her ■request that Bulgaria should permit the foreign consuls and 200 Europeans to leave Adrianople. GREEKS REPULSE TURKS. HEAVY LOSSES. ATHENS. February 12. The Greeks frustrated a Turkish attempt t ooceupy a defile at Zavreke, near Janina. Many Turks were killed, and they lost much war material. The Greek losses were small, and General Mathemaoula was slightly wounded.