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Show LOSS OF CRUISER SEVERE HANDICAP Loudon, Nov. 25. Tho loss of the Turkish cruiser Hamldloh Is a Bovcre handicap to tho Ottoman commander-in-chief, according to special dispatches dispatch-es from tho front. Tho guns of tho other Turkish warships aro almost Ineffective In-effective for tho purposo of stopping tho Bulgarian advanco. The battleship Mes8adleh, which was formerly employed em-ployed for the defense of Rodosto and lattorly on tho loft flank of tho Tchatalja Tcha-talja lines, has now boon dispatched to the Black Sea in ordor to strengthen strength-en tho menaced right flank of the Turkish army. Conalderablo activity has been observed ob-served among tho Bulgarians, who have brought up some heavy siege guns which aro being rapidly placod In position to command the Turkish headquartors at Hndomkeul. |