Monday, February 11, 2013

Turks Routed At Bulair.

New York Times 100 years ago today, February 11, 1913:
Their Losses in Saturday's Battle Said to Have Been Enormous.
    SOFIA, Bulgaria, FEB. 10.— The rout of the Turkish Army before Bulair, at the neck of the peninsula of Gallipoli, on
    Saturday is said here to have been complete. They are reported to have suffered enormous losses.
    The field of battle was littered with flags, abandoned field and machine guns, and rifles dropped in their flight by the panic-stricken Ottoman troops. The Turkish dead and wounded were lying thickly everywhere. Twenty of their officers were among the killed. The Bulgarian losses are given out as 5 officers and 412 men wounded, while 2 officers were killed.
    The Bulgarian War Office says: "The number of men killed among the Bulgarians is not yet known, but it appears to have been insignificant."

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