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Show "'KING ALEXANDER TAKESADRUUIOPLE HELLENIC FORCES OCCUPY THE THRACIAN RAILWAY POINTS; TURK SOLDIERS IN FLIGHT. Mohammedan Armies Offer Slight Resistance Re-sistance and Flee in Great Disorder. Dis-order. Greek Troops Take Moslem Mos-lem City from Turks. London The Greeks have occupied Adrianople, according to an announcement announce-ment made in the Athens newspapers Saturday and forwarded to the Exchange Ex-change Telegraph company. The Greek forces in Thrace occupied Kski-Baba, the Junction point of the Constantinople and Kirk Kilisseh railway rail-way line Saturday. They immediately pushed northward along the highway and northwestward along the highway toward Adrianople. The Turks, offering offer-ing slight resistance, are fleeing rapidly rap-idly toward Adrianople. Iteports say the Greeks were beginning begin-ning a heavy offensive against Adrianople. Adrian-ople. The pleas of Colonel Jafar Tayar, the Turkish nationalist commander in Adrianople, for stubborn stub-born resistance apparently are having little effect, the Turks being unwilling to face the Greek artillery, which is displaying good marksmanship. Tne Turkish commander at Tehatal-dja Tehatal-dja has telegraphed Colonel Jafar Tayar saying the Turkish resistance was feeble against Greek landing parties, par-ties, and asking what to do when the Greeks advance eastward. Colonel Jafar Ja-far Tayar has declared he will kill himself rather than surrender. |