The News In Sophia.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 1, 1912:
    SOFIA, Oct. 31.— The Bulgarian Army has completely routed the main Turkish Army under Nazim Pasha. The Turks fled in disorder, leaving many killed and wounded on the field.
    The Bulgarian Army is vigorously pursuing the Turks, who are retreating in disorder and panic on Serai and Tchorlu. Many guns and large quantities of ammunition have been captured.
    Aivali, near Lule-Burgas, and Marash have been burned. All the Christian inhabitants, according to the Bulgarians, were massacred.
    Gen. Savoff, the commander of the victorious Bulgarian forces, received his military training in Russia. He was the organizer of the modern Bulgarian Army, and played a brilliant part in the war of 1885. He served as Minister of War in the Cabinets of 1906 and 1907. King Ferdinand selected him just prior to the outbreak of hostilities to take command of the army.
    News of the defeat of the Turkish Army was received here late to-night with a feeling of great relief, but no noisy demonstration. Confidence in the success of the Bulgarian arms had been mixed with great anxiety because of the lack of news for the last two days.
    The people are now looking forward to Bulgaria becoming a great power in the Balkans, as Turkey formerly was.
    It is understood that the fighting has been of the fiercest character, night even affording no intermission. The Turks suffered severely. Many were captured and great numbers of dead were left on the field.
    News of the capture of Nazim Pasha's headquarters at Tchorlu is eagerly awaited. Little has been heard from the Bulgarian left wing, which stretched from Bunarhissar to Midia. In this territory the Turks greatly outnumbered the Bulgarians, who have been just able to hold their own. Any slight success which the Turks obtained here, however, was of no material importance.

How Victory Was Gained.
    The Bulgarian victory was due to superior strategy combined with the extreme energy of their offensive movement. It appears that the object of the rapid advance early in the week on Visa and Midia was not really to outflank the Turkish right, but to mislead the Turks. This was entirely successful. The Turks moved their reserves by sea and along the coast to strengthen the right wing which reached to Istrandja, and directed all their efforts to meeting here what they believed to be the main attack.
    In the meantime the Bulgarians were really concentrating at Baba-Eski, whither troops had been hurried by convergent roads from before Adrianople and Kirk-Kilisseh. The Bulgarian's main force was thus superior in strength to the Turks at Lule-Burgas and was able to hurl them back.
    It is believed that the total Turkish force numbered 250,000, as compared with 150,000 Bulgarians, the latter being obliged to leave many men around Adrianople. Probably the decisive movement on the, Bulgarian right was one through Airebol, fifteen miles to the south of Baba-Eski, which turned the Turkish flank. The Turkish reserves west of Yenikin, nine divisions strong, were pushed forward toward the centre of the Turkish line to check the Bulgarian advance, but it is believed that these reserves are also in retreat.
    The town of Tchorlu, where the Turks are expected to make another stand, occupies an important position on the main road and on the railway between Constantinople and Adrianople at the point where the road from the port of Rodosto joins it. Unless the Turks hold this place they will be unable to bring any more troops from Asia Minor by way of Rodosto.