Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-11-20 | Page 2 | Turkish Commander Claims Victory in Tchatalja Battle

TURKISH COMMANDER CLAIMS VICTORY IN BATTLE Constantinople Nov lo 19 19 Nazim Nazim Pasha Turkish commander In chief chlof sent the following dispatch at al 4 30 o o'clock clock this afternoon A desperate artillery engagement 1 began this morning and Is being continued con j tinned with success success' The Bulgarian in infantry infantry in- in fantry operating In iii front trout of ot the center I of ot our line of oC defense was repulsed by our artillery tire the Part Palt of ot the enemy enem a 3 batteries were silenced We e ordered a d detachment of oC troop trOOPS to advance They rhe attacked the enemy s j entrenchments and anti forced them to flee lice We e captured a number of or rifles machine machine machine ma ma- I chine guns un helmets shovels an and picK picK- axes A number of ot the helmets bore borea 1 1 a ba badge c In Inscribed Thirty fifth regiment regiment regi regi- ment lent ran are arl a showing that there ii Servian Set troops with tho tue enem enemy The J battle continues Another telegram from Nazim Pasha 1 estimates tho thu Bulgarian losses in Mondays Monday's Moo Mon MooS I S days day's tas fighting fighting- on the Turkish right 1 wing as killed or wounded These op include twenty officers Two machine guns were captured s Nazim Pasha s sent nt the following tc tele telegram gram grain at this evening The battle which has been ra raging ln for days through the tho whole extent of f the lines lints ended today todar also In our favor We 0 repulsed the enemy s Infantry which attempted to advance adrance s 1 in iii the tue center ant and annihilated several se j r of or their batteries On the right we c captured two machine guns uns and a s quantity of ammunition j From one of oC the tile torts forts in tho the center j jo wo we o at nt sunset and dispersed the enem enemy who had occupIed a n position in iS tile the face of ot the fort tort The greater part x o of them were ere killed We e captured OO rifles ant and a n largo large o arg-o quantity of ot lIon tion Clean old papers 10 cents a bundle Herald