Hot Fighting At Adrianople.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 19, 1912:
Turks Assaulted Bulgar Batteries All Yesterday, but Made No Headway.
BY FREDERICK PALMER.
Special Correspondent of the New York Times.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    MUSTAPHA PASHA, Nov. 18, 6 P.M.— The Turkish sorties at Adrianople continue but without success thus far in gaining ground or capturing supplies. The Bulgarian positions are the same as a week ago.
    In the last ten days the Turkish garrison must have lost 2,000 or 8,000 men in these sorties. Their infantry attacks are invariably made under the cover of darkness.
    We have become used to the sound of heavy guns and the rapid fires at night used in repulsing them.
    The rivers have subsided and the weather is balmy, favoring military operations.
    To-day witnessed an extensive and desperate movement of the Turkish garrison. Large bodies of infantry crossed into Karagach over the Maritza River and engaged the batteries at Nakrtaltepe from 9 o'clock in the morning. This is still continuing.
    They have made a wide deployment of infantry on the right bank of the Arda River toward Emirler. A heavy infantry attack is expected to-night.
    In these sorties the garrison, which was the cream of the Turkish Army, are showing something of their old fanatical courage, which particularly characterises them when at bay.
    But the Bulgarians are easily holding them and are apparently well satisfied to allow them to reduce their strength in this fashion.
    We are isolated from telegraphic news from the outside world, the Sofia papers being the only source of news. But we are promised full facilities to witness either the general attack on Adrianople if it is made, or if not, the capitulation.