Battle Being Waged Fiercely.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 30, 1912:
    CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 29.— A late telegram received from Nazim Pasha, Minister of War and Commander in Chief, says that a battle begun to-day along the whole front is still being waged with great violence. He adds that the situation for the Ottoman troops is very favorable.
    Another official dispatch reports fighting yesterday and to-day between Uskub-Dere, to the east of Kirk-Kilisseh, and Visa. Two battalions of Bulgarians were cut off from the main body and suffered heavy losses.
    Fighting continues between the Greeks and Turks in the Kosani region of Macedonia. According to reports given out here the Greeks are being driven back.
    The Turkish town of Servia, recently captured by the Greek army, has, it is reported, been reoccupied by Ottoman troops, according to telegrams from Salonika, published in the newspapers here.
    Bulgarian bands have destroyed the lighthouse at the Turkish seaport of Iniada, on the Black Sea Coast, seventy-five miles from Adrianople.
    Dispatches dated three days ago give the first news received here of the precarious position of the Western army, which was admitted to be grave. It was asserted, however, that a considerable force was still concentrated at Veles, disputing the advance of the Servians and Bulgarians.
    The departure of the foreign Military Attaches for the field of operations, which was fixed for noon to-day, was postponed at the last moment. They may not leave here for a day or two.
    Kiamil Pasha, President of the Council of State, assumed the office of Grand Vizier this afternoon in succession to Ghazi Mukhtar Pasha, who resigned.
    An Imperial decree commands the new Grand Vizier to prosecute the war with all energy in order to obtain a victorious issue.
    Although all the changes in the Cabinet have not yet been made, it is announced that Nazim Pasha will be retained as Minister of War and Nuradunghian Pasha as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Jemalledin Pasha will also be retained as Sheik-ul-Islam.
    The change in the Grand Vizierate is not expected materially to influence either the internal or external situation. When Kiamil Pasha three months ago accepted the Presidency of the Council he became the dominant figure of the Cabinet, and it was foreseen that he would succeed to the Grand Vizierate at an opportune moment. The motives for the resignation of Mukhtar Pasha are not known. It is supposed that he began to feel that the responsibility for the crisis was burdensome, while the unfavorable reports current with regard to the ill-success of his son's operations against the Bulgarians doubtless caused him much chagrin.
    The retention of Nuradunghian Pasha as Foreign Minister shows that no startling innovations in the foreign policy are likely.