Heard Adrianople Yielded.

New York Times 100 years ago today, December 2, 1912:
Constanza Sends Rumor to Paris — Bulgar Aviators Shelled by Turks.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    LONDON, Monday, Dec. 2.— A dispatch to The Daily Telegraph from Paris quotes a telegram from Constanza, dated Sunday, which says:
    "It is asserted here that as a result of bombardment, Adrianople was set on fire and the garrison had then to surrender. It is likely that this event will induce the Porte to accept the conditions of peace proposed by the allies." The Telegraph points out that there is no confirmation of this report, which is inherently improbable.
    Bennet Burleigh, in a dispatch to The Daily Telegraph from Mustapha Pasha, dated Saturday, describes the thrilling experience of two Bulgarian aviators in a biplane over Adrianople. He says:
    "They flew purposely at an elevation of only about 1,700 yards, and could see the city and the movements of Turks in the streets and forts quite clearly. The Bulgarian batteries were heavily shelling the enemy.
    "The Turks proceeded to fire upon the aviators. All the shells burst at least 350 to 450 yards below the machine.
    "For half an hour the aviators flew about, taking note of everything. They saw the Selim Mosque was intact and most of the other important buildings undamaged.
    "A startling surprise, however, was in store for them. The Turks had sunk a gun in a pit and fired as they passed overhead.
    "The airmen heard the loud hurtling roar of the shell, ascending directly toward them. Their ears were filled with its screech, which drowned the noise of the engine and the humming of the wires.
    "As the missile passed upward, it burst, but by that time they had gone a long distance forward, and none of the fragments came near them."