Bulgars Shell Adrianople; Part Of City Aflame.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 26, 1912:
Railroad Station in Hands of Foes, Who Are Preparing a General Assault.
TURKISH ARMY CRUMPLED UP
Reforming After Defeat, Abdullah Pasha's Forces Are Threatened on Both Flanks.
RAILWAY LINES MAY BE CUT
Advancing Bulgarian Host Menaces Communications with Salonika and Constantinople.
TURK DEFEAT STUNS EUROPE
Loss of Kirk-Kilisseh Admitted to be a Disaster of Vital Consequence.
INTERVENTION IN THE AIR
Sultan May Seek the Aid of Powers, but Balkan States Are Leagued to Prevent Interference.
By Marconi Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Saturday, Oct. 26.— The victorious Bulgarian army is rapidly closing in upon Adrianople, according to the latest advices from the seat of war.
    A Sofia dispatch to The London Times says that King Ferdinand's troops have taken the Adrianople railway station, which lies south of the Maritza River, and are bombarding the city from
    Karagaeh, three and a half miles distant. A portion of the city is in flames. It is expected that an attempt will be made to carry the city by storm.
    This dispatch emphasizes the great peril of this strong Turkish fort, already menaced by the Bulgarian successes to the eastward, and shows in what serious straits are the forces under Abdullah Pasha.
    The main Bulgarian forces are now only 160 miles from Constantinople. They advanced southward by two distinct routes. The western army marched down the Maritza River past the outworks of Adrianople, which it has apparently been treating hitherto as the Germans treated Metz. The eastern army is now striking south from Kirk-Kilisseh.
    Victory has emboldened the Bulgarian Generals and a double turning movement is once more in progress against the Turks.
    Abdullah Pasha, with his main body of beaten troops, holds a position 20 miles south of Adrianople, covering the railways to Constantinople and Saloniki.
    This position is weak at both extremities. The Bulgarian western army may eventually move past its left and strike the railway to Saloniki and Demotika. This line is the main artery of the Turkish Empire, linking Thrace to Macedonia, and its loss would be a terrible blow to Abdullah.
    On the other hand, the Bulgarian eastern army may move past or turn the Turkish right, cutting off the communications with Constantinople. That would mean a catastrophe like Sedan, and might result in the destruction of the Turkish army.