Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-11-18 | Page 3 | Turks Claim to Have Repulsed Bulgarians in Attack on Tchatalja Defense Lines

TURKS CLAIM CUlM TO 10 HAVE DAVE REPULSED BULGARIANS I V IN ATTACK ON DEFENSE LINES LINS a LONDON Nov A A Daily Dally Mail Mall dispatch from tram Constantinople received at 9 a. a m m. M says d Unofficial reports sa say Ute the Turks have gained n a Treat great success SO Tho Tim battle batUe o opened Dd at t 5 6 o'clock Inthe in inthe inthe the morning The Tho Turks succeeded after hours of ot violent fight In defeating the thc right Bulgarian wing and Md iu In r repulsing the left wing They captured twelve V gurus guns and prisoners The Turkish warships warships war war- ships MIls contributed largely to this success CO STA IJ Nov o IS Nazim lS-Nazim Nazim Pasha Paha commanding the Turkish army informed the tho Turkish J government last night in an official ILl dispatch that the tIme Turks Turk had rc repulsed the Bulgarians In the time latter's tatters attack on tho lines and had captured eight battalions of ot the enemy ene elms m my in addition to a a. largo large quantity of ot munitions of oC war The battle waged from daylight to dark Sunday to the accompaniment V of ot a continuous V r reverberation of or heavy ar ar- ar tillery all along the twenty mlle line of tho time forts the tho last defenses 8 of Cons Constantinople Upon the outcome of this battle which marks rk th time tho opening of ot the tho final phase of oC tho the war between Turkey and Bulgaria hangs th the destiny of or tho the Ottoman government In Europe D Details M Are Aro Withheld N Xo No d details detail of 01 the thc emI engagement are arc available The strategy of or th the BulgarIan Bulgar Bulgar- ian Jan commander command General Is 1 pitted against that of ot azim Pasha rasha and h. unbroken n records cords of or vie vic torl tories s' s behind him while I has an uniform record of or defeats at t the hands handsor of or his brilliant adversary That time the representatives of ot the foreign powers In the thc Turkish capital r regard the tho prospects an u dubious dubious' for Ottoman arms arma was Mas indicated by their formal notion action last l night In serving servIn notice upon the tho grand vizier Pasha that marines malines will wIlt be bo landed tomorrow w rooming morning from all tho the warships for fOt tho the protection of oC foreigner foreign foreign- er ers era in the event vent of or retreat of tho the demoralized do- do moralized soldiery into Constantinople be before be- be fore tore the advance of ot the Bulgarians I U U. S S. Marines Landed The United States WAS the thc first country country coun emma try to land marines on ott Turkish soil dur- dur InK the present war The rho station ship Scorpion of tho United States navy last st night sent a a. detachment nt of or marines to tho American embassy here This acthen aeLton ac action ae- ae then tion was followed b by other countries Ambassador says saye he is not fearful of ot an outbreak hut merely wished to take tale action agreed upon V Tho The Scorpion last night moved up the tho and took a R. position opposite to protect the tho girls girls' school there thore American citizens V here have been of offered of- of the thc hospitality of at British ships should an outbreak occur TURKS DEFEATED BY MONTENEGRINS RIEKA Montenegro Nov Z IS King Nicholas accompanied b by Ills his son son-in- law ta th the Russian grand Irand duke Peter and the grand nd duchess em- em marked Friday on a lake take steamer to view tho the o operations in front of ot The fhe steamer immediately became a target for Turkish shells which fell unpleasantly anti antly antl near V His majesty t on the steamer followed the work of oC the tont Montenegro negro center column column col col- col- col on the plain before At noon a heavy bombardment opened on all sides M Montenegrin ln shells Shell several times time struck the tIme highest point of Mount dense clouds of or smoke c aria aris ing 11 At 3 o'clock In the afternoon a Turkish battery batter occupying an ex exceedingly Ce ed I nr-I nr strong Position at Golcz olez was as silenced Time The V Turks evacuated the position amid mid the cheers of or the tho Montenegrins Subsequently Subsequently shells struck tk a n. magazine in tn th the town to-n and flames were seen to shoot u up After ACter this successful bombardment fourteen battalions of or infantry clos ed the thc I irl river to th the northeast St and Joining Join join- lag ing the time troops on that side mado nado a united Rf assault Sault on the tho Turkish positions cast east of the tho town to driving ln the tile out a R division under PonTa had peat success on the tho opposite aide Ido of or t tho mo BoJ rivet river in intIre inthe tIre the direction of or San Giovanni Dl DI Medua Tho The division encountered O Turks who occupied the II slopes of t Mount fount Barbal- Barbal a 1 ht overlooking tim river A severe o engagement ensued ensiled lastIng all afternoon Th The Turks Turk defended the position po po- po- po heroically but hut were unable to withstand tho the stronger In artillery artillery ar ar- ar- ar tillery lire fire and withdrew v. The Tho Montenegrins followed rd this up up b by el tacking attacking the whole front and nd dr driving ln the thc Turks Turk In iii headlong flight towards AcI Alessie lo V The he enemy left It'll many dead and und wounded oun ed on the battlefield The Montenegrin Montene grin IOB also wore Were heavy V I BULGARIAN BAND TAKES TAXES VENGEANCE A ATHENS THE S. S Nov No IS The Tho Tho explosion pf r a Q Turkish powder ponder m magazine at sev several ser ser- eral dB days day ago did Immense damage Tho The magazine was close to the cavalry bar bar- racKs where many Turkish Pr sonora ners were wele confined Three hundred Turks TV were pre ere killed find wound wounded ll Tho The Greek Greck authorities have e made a It careful In estl Investigation and according to dispatches s reaching Athens from Salon Salon- ilci the tho e explosion in is believed ed to haw have been en the work ork of a a Bulgarian B Y n band us liS r revenge upon the thc Turk for fol the time of th their iI m men amen n In Jn tho time town of or I which th tIme the Turks led and bombarded while th the tho BulJ Bulgarians Bulgarian were wore it A fuse luse was as laid to the th magazine and Ig- Ig tilted details have havo been r I 1 of or the time occupation b by tim tho Greeks Grek of or Mount Athos at the extremity of tho the easternmost eastern most of or tho time three prongs of 0 the thc peninsula of or Frida Friday Earls Earls' In the morning the squadron under under un un- der dor lico Admiral s lying at weighed anchor and proc ded to Port Daphne Daphne- DaphneA A company of or blue bIll jackets landed near noaa tho the customs house and occupied the government building over r which th the Greek flag was as hol hoisted tl The b belM behli of or all an th the monasteries nun anil chapels ran rang out and th the monks fired itc a R. fusillade to tin express th their h Jo Joy V Mummy Many of or them welcomed the Greeks Creeks on time the shore Another force landed at Rt MalianI whence benc thE they to o a r o. o thus th giving Ing Greece Greco mastery Y of at the thO Athon A corn corps composed ed mostly of oe C Cr Cretans tans Is Isnow isnow now noT operating In A large number nun num ber bel of or villages JI have been occupied it A t nephew of or Premier ann th the tho noted Cretan I Boht are arc In command CHOLERA IS FATAL IN HALF THE CASES CO CONSTANTINOPLE Sr Xo Nov 18 ls m 8 Ky indirect route There route There ar are arc more th than timan thana n a n. thousand cases of ot a da daily II in n nail anil around Constantinople and th the death rate I-ato has reached V 50 0 per cent The rho authorities au an- are powerless to cope with the thc situation V On Thur Thursday da last chol cholera rl patients arrived cd by train at San Stefano Th They y would have C been brought hero lucre but hut for tor forthe the time protests of oC the time railway rall company compan and amI the time Aust Austrian lan who asked that they be sent to the thc at Becos De-cas and arid For twenty four hours the patients re remained re- re In time thc train on n a siding aiding I at al San Stefano without water ater food tood or at medical attention Ih they illey V were shipper shipped lothe to lo the time quarantine station if It they had been lower animals they could not have been V more more neglected Scenes of Horror Honor s Saturday a foreign orel n doctor as assisting In Inthe Inthe inthe the military ho hospital discovered by accident accident ac ac- aC 1 that five fI soldiers dying of or cholera had lund been placed laced amon among the this wounded lie old ordered red their Bearers lookup took look up the dying men on their shoulders hut but their thell condition was su such h that the doctor doctor doc doe tor ordered the tIme bearers ito o drop them This the they did and amid the unfortunates wore fOre left In the time mud for or an hour hO groaning and ami ann Jn lui In convulsions con before the they were ero removed on stretchers An extraordinary feature of or conditions b behind the Turkish lines at Is 15 time the ease case with which the thc foreigner wearing wearing wear wear- 11 ing InS either cither a fez or or oran an European lint hat may may- hire litre a a. vehicle and drive to the Turkish entrenchments e and inspect the thc troops There appears appear to ho lie no no cordon to prevent PIo fugitives cs from returning to Constantinople Situation Hopeless Several Se foreign who 10 n I the tire hues Thursday day and Friday report the situation hopeless 8 The Thc trenches ama aio only partly dug A huge bugs pile of bai wire ire I is stacked near time the endangered northern ln wins nc never V r ln having been put pul to use mae Time Tho troops for fOI the tine most part ate aio Unable to work b because Infected cholera soldiers arc J keeping watch atch In time the earth earth- I rocks V i Innumerable sick lie gi in the time ids Holds I to the thc rear some ome of or them in their thIr 1 net last agonies 1 Countless infected cholera fugitives me arc struggling on the fanI fan fan- I shap I road converging on 1 from tho the outer forts Thousands of or paI patients pa pa- tents I and hundreds of dead He lie on arm ground round near At D Derkos rl 08 lake the tho chief source of 1 water rater there was wasa wasI I a guard Juard of ot soldiers but twelve t of them and fifteen others were stricken with cholera Thursday night There Is 1 great reat fear feam that tha t l the limo t whole holc hole wa watershed will wIlt I be contaminated Involving jn Constantinople Constanti I nople in itt In time the greatest danger dan l The Thc three physicians nt at have 11 c I been unable to do more moro than titan bur time the dead Turkish officers s regard reald further I at al as Impossible but think It is equally cC Impossible lIbl for 01 the I Bulgarians to occupy tho tim Turkish positions poi poi- without the tho tho whole Bulgarian arm army through cholera I I MONASTIR SCENE OF I DECISIVE BATTLE ICO I 1 CO CONSTANTINOPLE Sl Tl Nov 1 IS Th The I Turkish commander el at al telegraphs under date of November o 15 S that a battle occurred on the heights east cast of oC It lasted two t d days rS and terminated In the tho complete d defeat reat of or the Lire Montene I grins gnus who lost host 1000 1090 Killed and aut many more morro wound cd fh rime l lus cs numbered killed and wounded Bounded I. I The rio commander of Ur western armr under date of ot November Iii 15 telegraphs ral h thul 1 a decisive battle would begin the thC I nc next da lay day in III the thc region of lie j add aid V I I Ic c Yc Juno have occupied li Ith nun and IP- IP stored the time tlc service Iee We e II al advance Ir I tomorrow from rI and l I a Ka aln alt to rue Tho r and I Ge O ks arc are committing ties tes V I rime Tho pot porto h has s c ealier the rr ef cf tile German O which has I entrusted with tine the rotc protection of or i i I interests Jn In tho slut ox oc to 10 th the alIK alleged al al- I. I IK killing- killing of or Alb AlbanIan f l rJ tutu and their thell CamillIs CamillI's s at J ni o Iah Time Th poi tc 3 asks ik II for or an alt Inquiry b by the c s of thi the pon Po powers e. e era