Bulgars Had 450 Guns.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 15, 1912:
Only 60,000 Demoralized Turks Held Tchatalja Lines.
    LONDON, Friday. Nov. 15.— A Sofia dispatch to The Times says that the Bulgarians are bringing 450 heavy guns to bear on the Turkish positions on the Tchatalja lines. The total Turkish losses in Thrace, according to the correspondent of The Times, at Constantinople, number 35,000 killed and wounded and 20,000 missing.
    The Tchatalja lines are held by 60,000 troops, most of whom are demoralized. At San Stefano and Hademkeui there are 20,000 first reserves, who present a smart appearance, but nave not yet been engaged.
    "The Austrian and German military preparations in Pera," continues the correspondent, "are exciting interest and awe. Not only are Krocker's Hotel and the Austrian Embassy held by strong guards landed from the warships, but the flat roof of the German Embassy is admirably protected against an aeroplane attack by Maxim guns and a sandbag cover and another Maxim guards the porter's lodge.
    "Many regard this military parade with discreet mirth, and think that the energy would better be bestowed in measures of sanitation against the cholera."
    The Daily Telegraph's Constantinople correspondent telegraphed yesterday:
    "I have received from a person who has just arrived from San Stefano information that a severe engagement was about to take place at Tchatalja.
    "The sound of a tremendous cannonade began to be heard at San Stefano at 6 o'clock this morning."
    The Uskub correspondent of The Daily Telegraph, under date of Nov. 13, describes true position of the Turks at Monastir as desperate, and says:
    "The Servians have completed the concentration of troops around the doomed city with a great force of artillery, and a retreat by the Turks is impossible. The only avenue of escape is a narrow pass westward toward the Albanian Mountains, where troops would starve. The battle is expected to begin to-morrow morning."