Saturday, March 30, 2013

60,000 Turks Are Prisoners.

New York Times 100 years ago today, March 30, 1913:
    SOFIA, March 29.— According to the first information from headquarters the Bulgarian losses in the fighting on March 24, 25, and 26, which ended in the capture of Adrianople, were 11,000 killed and wounded. The Servian losses were 500.
    The Turkish prisoners numbered 60,000, including 833 officers, of whom thirteen were Generals.
    The trophies included 650 guns of different calibres, fifty-eight machine guns, ten flags, one balloon, and a considerable quantity of rifles, munitions, and vehicles.

    CONSTANTINOPLE, March 29.— It is officially reported that a detachment of the enemy, which had taken an advanced position west of Biyuk Chekmedye, has been driven back with considerable loss and the position recaptured.
    A German military aviator, named Scherf, accompanied by a Turkish officer, flew over the Bulgarian lines before Tchatalja to-day in a biplane. The officer reported that the Bulgarians were concentrating in strong force on the Sea of Marmora.
    The flying man maintained a comparatively low level throughout his flight and although frequently under fire the biplane was not struck by any shots.

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