Fiercest Battle Of War In Tripoli.

New York Times 100 years ago today, September 19, 1912:
Sixty-one Italians Slain and Turks and Arabs Leave Over 800 Dead on the Field.
MUSSULMANS ARE ROUTED
Peace Negotiations Proceeding Favorably, but Recent Report of Proposed Terms is Denied.
    ROME, Sept 18.— The most sanguinary engagement of the war in Tripoli was fought yesterday near Derna on the Mediterranean Coast, 140 miles northeast of Bengazi.
    The Italians lost 61 men killed and 113 wounded.
    The Turks and Arabs left more than 800 dead on the field. Forty-one prisoners, including an Arab chief, fell into the hands of the Italians.
    The battle opened at daybreak, when a force of Turks and Arabs surprised and attacked the Italian lines. The fight raged for four hours, but the superior Italian artillery, supplemented by brilliant bayonet charges, finally routed the Mussulmans, who fled in disorder.
    Gen. Reisoli, commander of the Italian Army in Tripoli, in his report to the War Office, estimates that the Turks and Arabs must have lost 1,000 men killed, including those who were carried off, and that more than 1,000 others were wounded.