Turks Surrender To Servians.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 29, 1912:
    BELGRADE, Oct. 28.— Semi-official advices report that the Turkish army, which retired from Uskub toward Veles, surrendered to-day to the Servian cavalry and delivered up their arms.
    The Servians later seized 123 guns.
    That section of the Turkish army which was defeated at Kumanova appears to have been entirely broken up.
    The Turks from Istib are making Veles the objective point of their retreat.
    Prior to the occupation of Istib by the Servians, the inhabitants arose against the Turks and seized their arms.
    The Servian troops have taken the town of Mitrovitza, on the railroad to the north of Uskub, and Verisovitz has also fallen into their hands, according to a dispatch from the Servian base at the frontier. Fifteen quick-firing cannon, 4,000 rifles, and a mass of ammunition were abandoned by the Turkish troops in their retreat.
    All the neighboring small towns also are surrendering to the Servians.
    The Turkish army after abandoning Uskub retreated toward Veles, the men throwing away their rifles in their flight.
    Hundreds of wagons full of supplies were left behind.
    It is asserted here that the Turkish troops evacuated Uskub in such haste that they killed one another in fighting for places in wagons and railroad cars.
    The Servians captured ninety-eight field guns and fifteen howitzers, with a lot of railroad rolling stock. The Servian army pursued the Turks and overtook them on the plains beyond the city.
    The Serbs inflicted another defeat on the Turkish forces at Verisovitz, where the Arnaut tribesmen lost fifteen guns and 4,000 rifles, while 1,000 of them were captured. The Servían loss was twenty-five killed and six wounded.
    The Servian troops continued their march along the railway. The populations of the towns on the way greeted the arrival of the victors with enthusiasm.