Coalville Times | 1903-08-21 | Page 2 | Sultan is Defeated

SULTAN IsTkFKATKI)' HIS TROOPS GIVEN A SOUND THRASHING BY INSURGENTS. Flare Battle Which Raged Ovtr 8I Hour, In Which Turk Are Re-pulaed Re-pulaed With Heavy Lome. A fierce battle la retried to have occurred In the nelKhborhood of Mon-aatlr. Mon-aatlr. Three Titrkleh battnllima attacked at-tacked 1.0(10 Inaurgcnta, and after the fight had raged for all houra the Turka woro ropulaod with tho loaa of 210 killed and wounded. The Innurgrnt loaa la not given. Iteporta rerelved at filla. Itulgarla, from Conatanllnople and believed to be authentic, confirm tho provloua atatemoiita to the effort that when the Turk recaptured Kni.hovo Ihry alaughtorcd the entire Chrlntlnn population popu-lation without ciri-ptlon, and It la pointed out that among thoan killed wer th eniployeea of the government tobacco eatnbllahmcnt, which wer under European control, aa th pro-ceeda pro-ceeda fnun thoae eatatilUhnienta wer aaatgncd to the aervlc of the Turklah debt.