Bulgars Divide Army In Pursuit Of Turks.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 6, 1912:
Onrush of Victors Keeps Up, Despite the Strain on All the Troops.
OTTOMAN FLANK TURNED
Turkish Forces Make Gallant Stand, but Are Powerless to Check the Foe.
By LIEUT. WAGNER,
The Only Correspondent at the Front on the Bulgarian Side.
Special Cable to The New York Times. By arrangement with The Vienna Reichspost.
    MUSTAPHA PASHA, Nov. 5.— During the last few days the headquarters of the Bulgarian Army has been divided. The progress of the operations of the Eastern Army since the fight at Kirk-Kilisseh has necessitated the transfer of the active headquarters to a place closer to the front, and the centre of the army's chessboard is now at Stara Zagora, which is more favorably situated for the operations against Adrianople and for the supervision of reinforcements and the reserves service.
    It was too far distant from the theatre of decisive operations of the field army, and it was designed last week to divide the headquarters so that only royal headquarters, the parade headquarters, as it were, should remain at Stara Zagora, while the military headquarters, properly speaking, with Gen. Savoff commander-in-chief, and Gen. Zitscheff, Chief of the General Staff, moved forward to Kirk-Kilisseh. After Adrianople has fallen the royal headquarters will also be moved. The pursuit by the Bulgarian's main army against the Turkish field force is being continued, despite the enormous demands made on all ranks by the three days' battle.
    The offensive movement of the Bulgarian troops is being executed in two general directions in accordance with the grouping of the Bulgarian main army in the battle of Lule-Burgas and Viza — one group on the south is pressing forward through Tchorlu from west to east, while the second advance is going forward from the north through Serai and Strandja. This was met by a frontal attack with a simultaneous turning movement by the left wing through Ceugeriea and Zeshinkoei. The Bulgarian southerly army overwhelmed the Turkish rear guard positions north of Tchorlu at Karisdiran, and beyond
    Bejazkoei and Generler. Further lines beyond the Ergene River were also turned and the Turks were thrown back in disorder behind the Tchorlu River.
    The fierce onrush of the Bulgarian columns of late has caused considerable congestion and increased disorder. The Turkish troops, despite the grave risk of being circumvented and cut off on their right flank by the Bulgarian northerly columns, recently took up a position on the Tchorlu where they were encountered by the Bulgarians coming from the north and west. The Bulgarian northern body in considerable force is advancing through Serai and its left wing, about one division and a half strong, approximately 54,000 men, has reached the heights of Strandja. This Bulgarian wing will continue its advance in conjunction with a rather weak force moving in a southerly direction on Tcherkesskeui and Yenikeui.
    The main body of the Bulgarians is advancing through Stranja directly on the region behind Lake Derkos and Tchatalja, while the southerly group of the Bulgarian Army is executing the principal frontal attacks against Tchatalja, along the railway to Constantinople and through Kadikeui, which lies seven miles west of the town of Tchatalja.
    The general intention of this is by pressing home the pursuit to force the portions of the Turkish Army which are still west of Tchatalja so to give battle before the line of forts, and to occupy the Tchatalja lines simultaneously with the defeat of the Turkish troops. Should this movement not be successful, it is intended to attack in the ordinary way, with the aid of heavy artillery. The continued offense on the part of the Bulgarian Army would never be possible, even with the extraordinary spirit of the troops, were it not that the commissariat and transport services work perfectly.
    The co-operation of the Commissariat Department with the General Staff is ideal, as I was able to see for myself. The countryside, together with its every resource, is at the disposal of the General Staff for the preparation and carrying on of the war. The Commissariat Department can rely on the sympathetic co-operation of the entire country and of all the officials. All classes of the population are particularly eager to help feed the army.