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Show BULGARIAN THEATER OF WAR This map shows Bulgaria and ter ritory immediately beyond her boundaries At A is Varna, which the Russians are reported to have captured The western boraer of Bui garia is indicated by B and C The island of Lemnos marked D is the principal base of the allies off the Aegean coast of Bulgaria and there troops from Snvla bay and Anzac may be assembled R E D U C E D BYJLEET Cruisers and Destroyers ! Begin Bombardment; Bulgarian Gar r 1 s o n Suffers Heavily; Mus-kovites Mus-kovites Land Without Great Loss From Sixteen Six-teen Transports and Hold the Town. BULGARS TAKEN BY SURPRISE Attack Comes on Heels of Announcement That Czar Had Abandoned Campaign Against Bul-gars; Bul-gars; Former Report of Landing of Troops Untrue. Un-true. COPENHAGEN via London Dec 22 2 25 a m Tbe Nat onal Txdende prints a statement of a Dane from Constantinople that the Krnpp works outs de of Constanti nople have been destroyed by bombs dropped by British airmen Spe al Cab by A rangeme w h Lo d ay Te eg aph and In emattoual ews Se LONDON Dee 2" The Da y Chron cle reports the capture of Varna Bui gar as ch ef Black Sea port by the Buss ans It says the bombardment of the Rus s ans s lenced the Bulgarian guns an 1 laid the town in ruins The garr sou suffered heavily it was said The Euss ans then accord ng to the report landed infantry and art llery w thout loss and m suffic ent force to hold the town against Bulgarian at tack The bomba d ng squadron cons sted at first of a cru ser and two destroyers act ng as convoy for s xteen Euss an transports filled t th troops Tl s announcement comes on the hee s of a report from E ss an sources that the czar had pract cally abandoned h s campa gn aga nst Bulgar a It was reported that the forces wh ch had been concentrated a ong the Eumanian fron t er were be ng diverted toward Buko wina The present is the second Euss an naval deraonstrat on before Varna At the t me of the other bombardment the Euss ans were reported to ha e landed troops but the report proved to be antr e Varna forty seven m Ies east of Shumla, is the pr nc pal po t ot the Black Sea between Kustendie and the Bosporus Its harbor s onlj an open roadstead but t affords good anchor age Varna has ra lway conne t ons nd exports large quant t es of g a n and other products U de the T s t was an mportant fortress Near the town s the summer es lence of the Pr nee of Bulgar a It s memor ble fof the battle fought there n 1444 n wh h the Turk 1 sultan Anu ath II over whelmed the Hungar an arm on an el bv King Ladislas (also k g of Po land) and John H njad Poi ulat on n 1901 33 443 GREAT VICTORY IS ALLEGED IN TURK REPORTS NEW YORK Dec 21 The Turk s o flc a commun ca on of D embe 0 a recel ed In London d ff s s me a from he statemen h h ame f om 13e n by w re ess The omn un a on j way of London sa Constan nop e Dec 20 a Lon don Dec 1 7 40 p m The en n sa ha sue ess fo ou a k ag ns he no h v.& una o and emba ked he n gh o m be 19 20 wl h a has o a p s fo ces Ne er he ess de d e he h k fog the enem ou d no h nder (Continued on Page Tnrea.) 11 REDUCED TD li BY FLEET (Continued from Page One ) b t our oops d ng he re e e e a e epor s odav say that o s so horoug y ea ed af a d A Bu u 0 he enemy a o a s ng e so d er rema ned be nd he e oops ad anced 0 the coast a u ed g ea quant t es of r n d ng n u ons tents and n s e a a k a Seldu Bah b t 00k he fo ow ng T nen ana ned for a n o e f re f om h s and a bo s and from mon o s se s aga ns our pos ons e ked w th a n s to ces g g n he cente of he u h SB ve bu our oops e k d a ac and d ove back the Ko h eno mous osses to pos ons |