Monday, November 19, 2012

Monastir Falls; 50,000 Prisoners.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 19, 1912:
Zekki, Djavid, and Fethi Among Five Pashas Captured by the Servian Army.
SECOND CITY IN TURKEY
All Macedonia Now Lost to Ottomans — Greeks Greatly Aided Servians by Cutting Off Turks' Retreat.
By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times.
Dispatch to The London Daily Telegraph.
    BELGRADE, Nov. 18, (7 P.M.)— News has just reached here that Monastir surrendered this afternoon to the Servian Army.
    Fifty thousand prisoners, including five Pashas, were captured.
    Among the prisoners are all the Turkish officials and three of the chief Turkish Generals in Macedonia, Zekki Pasha, Djavid Pasha, and Fethi Pasha. Zekki commanded the force which was routed at Kumanova.

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