Servians Take Novi-Bazar.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 24, 1912:
Important Town in the Sanjak Has Been Captured.
    BELGRADE. Oct. 23.— It is officially announced that the third Servian army today captured the town of Novi-Bazar after three days of desperate fighting, the Turks holding strong fortified positions.
    The Turks are retiring from Kumanova, but the town is still in their hands. The Servians have completely surrounded it, although the Turks hold an important position dominating the town.
    Extraordinary scenes are witnessed in the towns and villages of Old Servia, when they fall into the hands of the Servian troops. The invaders are always greeted with open arms, while tobacco and refreshments are pressed on the soldiers by the inhabitants, who put everything they possess at the disposal of the military authorities.
    Gen. Zsovkovitch reports that the Servian loss in the capture of Pristina were extraordinarily large, but that the Turkish losses were still greater.
    Most of the Servian successes have been won over mixed forces of Albanian tribesmen and Turkish irregulars. They will not come into contact with the trained Turkish troops until they reach Uskup.
    Some alarm is felt here lest the supply of cartridges should run out. The factory at Makriko is working day and night but can only produce a quarter of a million daily — quite insufficient for the troops engaged.