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Show FIFTY THOUSAND TURKS LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS Servians Achieve Greatest 8uceess of th War In the Capture of Macedonian Mace-donian Stronghold. Itelgrade Th Turkish foitieaa of, Monaatlr surrendered Monday afternoon after-noon to the Servian troops. Fifty thousand thou-sand Turkhh soldiers and throe generals gen-erals In M down their a rum. The poKHCHMioii of the heights commanding com-manding Monastlr by Servian troops under Crown Prince Alexander rendered rend-ered the fortress uulenuble. , . Fethl Pnshu, former TurkiKh min Iter to Ile'grade, was one of t:i first to hand over his sword. At the beginning be-ginning of the war he made the rr mark: "We will soon Invite our friends to dinner at lielgrade." The fighting that preceded the surrender sur-render of Monastlr lasted two day. The Servians had occupied all the high points to the northwest of the town. They brought up n large number of field batteries, howitzers snd other heavy guns, which enabled theru to Hence the Turkish artillery. |