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Show I FALL OF TURKISH I CITY IS EXPECTED ft Bulgarians, in the Greatest Military Stroke of the V Whole Caftipaign, Cut Railroad Connecting m Besieged Adrianople With Constantinople. f MOSLEM STRONGHOLD SMOiDEB : ; , . . Ten Thousand Turks Have Been Taken Prisoners ? Since Outbreak of Hostilities Allied Armieu Show Superior Knowledge of War Tactics. . . ; Loudon, Oct. 2S. Jn one of the greatest strokes of their campaign, the Bulgarians have cut the railroad between Constantinople and Adriano- J pie and have thus Isolated the latter city. This was indicated today In a special dispatch from Sofia, which declares the invaders had seized a Turkish military train on the rall- road. ' In addition to the capture ot the ' town of Eski-Baba by the Bulgarian troops, they have been pushing for- ward, according to the latest re- ports, from the eastern sido, en- tirely destroying the Turkish army defeated at IKrk-KIlisseh. i At the same time the invaders are ,' carrying out a wide, sweeping move-' move-' l ment reaching almost to the shores of the Black Sea, and still other columns col-umns are completing the circle around Adrianople Bulgarians assert tho fate of Adrianople Adria-nople Is practically sealed. Despite the perils of th situation, however, the Turks have not lost hope of re-, re-, trleving themselves. According to a dispatch from Constantinople recelv- ed hero today by war of Kustendje. Rumania, sufficient Turkish reinforcements rein-forcements have now reached the I front to enable the Turkish commander-in-chief to assume the offen- j slve, I Turko Are Moving. j It Is stated that three Turkish col- i umns aro now moving toward the north and that these columns are to - be supported by other Turkish troops being taken by water to the Turkish ports on the Black Sea. Whether ihey will be in time to do any good is "problematical. The dispatch says. too. that tho Turks have recaptured Maras from the Bulgarians. Meanwhile European military cir-'f cir-'f cles are sounding the praise of the ?, -Servian army's achievements. The Servians, from whom Europe did not expect much, are now in virtual pos-fiesslon pos-fiesslon of the whole of old Servla and In conjunction with the Montenegrins Monte-negrins hold the best pari of the dls-i dls-i trlct of N'ovipazar. fTho Servian columns hav0 obtained ob-tained possession of the Turkish railroad rail-road from Mitiovitza, its northern terminus, down, to Uskup. and thev are following the defeated Turkish r army to Velos, farther to the south Te Bulgarian columu, co-opcrat- lng with the Servian armv In the t western part of the peninsula, has ' occupied Islip and threatens to cut i ' off the retreat of the Turks lo the eouth f The Greek armv, too. is making 1 steady headway. Its capture of Pen- tepigedla is considered of the utmost ; Importance, for with Pentepigedia in i Greek hands the who'e country to : the north is easily accessible to the advance of tho Greek army, and tho M-av is also left open to Janina, the , Turki3h base In the tar western ro- t : gion. i The Greek plan Is clearly to ef fect a Juncturo of the Greek armies and then march on Salontkl. The ! Greek crown prince's armv is now ; within striking distance oi that fort- rcss. In the f'rst place, of course, the Greeks must sever communications between Monastlr and Saloniri and 1 tbe might send a force aginst the j. former place The Montenegrins, himnered by rain and the stubborn resistance of tho Turks, are still, hammering away ; at Tarakosch and Scutari. The Bulgarians, Servians and Montenegrins Mon-tenegrins have taken, since the beginning be-ginning of the campaign. ? total of 10,000 prisoners and 250 Held guns, according to carefully tnbulated estimates, es-timates, . , i , All the invadors of Turkish terrl-ST terrl-ST torv are establishing civil adminis- trntions in the towns captured by W them as further evidence that they m hav0 no Intention of giving up any V of the conquered territory without a 'M struggle. |