Hunger At Adrianople.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 29, 1912:
City Must Soon Fall, It Is Stated — Sorties Every Day.
    LONDON, Nov. 29.— A Belgrade dispatch to The Daily Telegraph says:
    "The first Servian wounded have arrived here from Adrianople. Among them is an officer who tells interesting details of the siege. He says that during the three weeks since the arrival oí the Servians before Adrianople not a single day has passed without the Turks attempting sorties, but always retreating with great losses.
    "The meaning of the sorties is incomprehensible, as without the protection of the forts the Turkish army would be annihilated in two days. The fortifications consist of many trenches, which are connected with the forts by a circular railway. The trenches are full of water.
    "In time of peace the forts mount thirty batteries, and these ave now being attacked by 500 guns, which are pouring an infernal fire into the works. Eighty thousand soldiers are shut up in Adrianople, and the provisions cannot last much longer.
    "Many of the trenches are protected by wire and some of them are only 250 yards from the besiegers, who are pressing the city on three sides. The Serbs of the Danube division, between the Arda and Maritza, Rivers, are exposed to the heaviest Turkish fire. Fighting is in progress every day and night, except on nights when thick fog prevails. The roaring of Turkish guns is incessant, but ineffective.
    "Adrianople, according to the officer, must fall soon, as Christian fugitives report that hunger is already telling on the troops and population."