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Show i CLAIM OF f OTTOMANS B B I Nazim Pasha Wires War I Office of Bulgarian Retreat and Losses H J Constantinople, Nov. 20, The posi- ' tlon at the Tchatalja lines was de- t scribed by Nazim Pasha, the Turkish Bl commander-in-chief, in a telegram to BHf the war office timed 12:15 a. m. to-iH' to-iH' day, as follows: M -Roports received at this moment WM state that the enemy facing our left "$Hk wing withdrew completely last nlgw MP In the direction of the slopes of Pa- &Mh'-' Paz Burgas. Our reconnoltcrlng par- 4MM ties counted 600 dead Bulgarians on im the slopes in the environs of Tchatal- C' a railroad station today From their CCJIjlp -opauJots It wns established that tne Hi dead soldiers belong to I he Fir6t Infantry In-fantry regiment of Sofia. The number num-ber of rifles, caps and officers' swords were brought in by our troops "According to statements mado by Bulgarian prisoners the enemy has been without food for three days and Is retreating. The Bulgarians were unable to carry away all thoir wounded wound-ed The morale of our troops Is very good." A wireless dispatch from tho commander com-mander of the Turkish battleship To-gut To-gut eRis, time 1 a. m November 20, reports a Turkish detachment operating oper-ating from Derkos, aided by tho fire of tho ship's guns, drove back the Bulgarians In the direction of Ormanli and Karabun for a distance of ten miles. |