Turks Abandon Uskub.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 27, 1912:
Victorious Servians Take Possession of the Important Stronghold.
    BELGRADE, Oct. 20.— The important Turkish stronghold of Uskub has fallen into the hands of the Servian and Bulgarian forces, which entered the city at 2 o'clock this afternoon without opposition.
    The Turkish garrison withdrew along the railway toward Salonika. According to report, the strength and supplies of the garrison did not justify an attempt to make a stand, although there is no position between Uskub and Salonika better suited for defense than the one abandoned.
    It is officially announced to-night that the spoils captured at Kumanova included fifty field suns, six mountain guns, and six Maxims, quantities of ammunition and stores, and two aeroplanes. At Sienitza the Servians captured thirteen big guns and four Maxims.
    Forty thousand Turks were engaged in the fighting in this district. They are accused of massacring many women and children before they left the town. The most prominent Slav inhabitants were imprisoned, but were rescued by the first Servian soldiers who entered.
    A body of 500 Arnauts and Turks raised their white caps on their bayonets as a sign of surrender, and the Servian Commander gave the order to cease firing. When the Servians were within fifteen paces the enemy opened fire, thereupon the Servians charged and killed them all at the point of the bayonet.