Bulgars Gain In The Fight At Tchatalja.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 19, 1912:
"Slight Advantage" for Enemy and Great Turkish Losses Admitted in Constantinople.
SERVIANS TAKE MONASTIR
Capture 50,000 Men and Three of the Principal Ottoman Commanders.
SCUTARI'S FALL RUMORED
Turks Make Another Sortie from Adrianople and Are Driven Back with Great Loss.
FOREIGN FORCES LANDED
British Bluejackets Temporarily Guarding Our Embassy in Constantinople.
AUSTRIANS GROW ANGRIER
Foreign Minister Berchtold Says Germany and Italy Are Supporting His Attitude to Servia.
    CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 18.— The battle of Tchatalja was resumed this morning and was continued all day long. The firing was not heard in the city owing to a gale which blew to the westward.
    The Bulgarian left wing is reported to have had a slight advantage in to-day's fighting in the neighborhood of Derkos. The Turks were deprived of the assistance of the fleet, owing to the high sea.
    The infantry came more into use to-day, and it is said that the Turkish cavalry rendered effective service.
    Eight hundred wounded arrived here to-day.
    The Turkish troops have set fire to the Istrandja forest in order to prevent Bulgarians from hiding there.
    An official communication advises the public to accept with reserve the unofficial news of the war published by the newspapers.
    Correspondents were permitted to approach the lines on the Marmora side to-day. The cannonade seemed much less in volume than yesterday.
    According to an announcement from the War Office, Mahmud Mukhtar's division attacked the Bulgarians today, throwing their formation into disorder, and capturing several guns. The Turkish division, however, suffered heavy losses.
    It was impossible to ascertain whether the Bulgarians were making any progress in taking the lines, but it was certain from a survey of the several main roads that the Turks were not retreating.
    A Military Attache of one of the great powers made the statement that the Attaches were not permitted to witness much of the action, but he saw something of yesterday's artillery duel, in which, he declared, the Bulgarians fired badly. They wasted about 300 shells on a battery near him and failed to injure a single man or gun. The Attache expressed the opinion that the Turks would hold the line successfully. It is reported that cholera and typhus are causing fearful ravages in the Bulgarian ranks.
    The Sultan to-day telegraphed his felicitations to the Turkish Army at Tchatalja for yesterday's success. He congratulated Nazim Pasha, the Commander in Chief, and requested him to give his Majesty's salutations to the troops. The Commander in Chief replied to the Sultan that his message had been a source of great encouragement to the soldiers and that the army had offered prayers for his Majesty.
    Detachments of bluejackets and marines were landed from the warships of the international squadron early today. They occupy the foreign embassies, Consulates, and Post Offices, the banks, the hospitals, and the schools of the respective colonies. The landing of the foreign sailors attracted considerable attention, crowds of Turkish inhabitants gathering in front of the embassies and looking with curiosity at the men's rifles piled at the entrances.
    A detachment of 100 British bluejackets has been lent by the British cruiser Weymouth to guard the American Embassy, as the American station ship Scorpion has been allotted to duty on the Upper Bosphorus, and the American cruisers are not expected here before the end of the month.