Turks' "Victory" A Defeat.

New York Times 100 years ago today, March 21, 1913:
Five Hundred Ottomans Killed in Battle on the Tchatalja Lines.
    SOFIA, March 20.— There was severe fighting yesterday along the Tchatalja lines.
    According to an official statement, a Turkish division with artillery advanced against the Bulgarian left wing, but was repulsed with heavy loss.
    Another Turkish division, which advanced against the centre, was put to flight by a Bulgarian counter-attack. The Turks left 500 dead on the field.
    In the evening six battalions tried an attack on the extreme left, but were forced to retreat under heavy artillery and rifle fire.
    The battle reported in the foregoing is apparently the same as that reported from Constantinople on Wednesday. According to the Constantinople dispatch, based on official statements, the engagement resulted in a complete victory for the Turks.
    It was asserted that the Ottoman troops took the offensive, drove the Bulgarians from their positions and took possession of the trenches that the Bulgars had been holding.
    The official Turkish report even stated that in the centre the Bulgarians were routed at the point of the bayonet.