Show l LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES W WERE WRE RE HEAVY AT MONASTIR BELGRADE Nov 21 Twenty Twenty thousand thousand thou thou- san sand of the Turks who defended Monastir were killed or wounded wound In the four days battle that preceded the capture cap cap- ture turo of or the city by tho Ser Servian a army It 8 estimated today Tho Servian loss lOBS was as almost as great groat t. t In the defense of the fortress the inhabitants of or the tho city fought with great ferocity side by hy side with the tha Turkish rc regulars They had been armed with rifles s provided b by the tho thore re regular army Tho The Turks had guns uns The brunt of ot the attack on fortress was wan borne by tho Servian Infantry The Tho Themen Themen Thomen men waded ded breast breMt deep in the tho water of or orthe the surrounding marshes and took position position position tion after position b by sheer dogged de do- termination The Turkish troops on Tuesday of this week made a a. last desperate effort to break through tho the surrounding nil cordon ordOn and In n a. a m measure succeeded Tho The waa 8 very vey severe revere and In tn the cm end the Turkish troops were absolutely beyond bo- bo yond the ithe control of their officers each I man fleeing th the ho way he thought best beat ItI It ItIs I 1 Is 1 thought many of ot them thorn fell tell Into tho the hands t the Greeks from The Tho bolt baLtic i 4 described b by some Homo of tho the 01 I cers present aa as o one o of tho the bloodiest cn- cn of ot the war It extended over overa a a. line Une thirty miles long The in reply to each cach assault the S made made fierce counter attacks but always Vero |