Bulgars Claim Victory.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 19, 1913:
Say They Took 4,000 Greek Prisoners at Strumitza.
    LONDON, Saturday, July 19.— Telegraphing from Sofia under date of Thursday, the correspondent of The Times says that the report of a great Bulgarian victory over the Greeks at Strurnitza, which was concealed by the authorities for political reasons, is now confirmed. The correspondent adds that the Greek losses were enormous, and that 4,000 Greek prisoners already have arrived at Vladaia, near Sofia.
    A Bucharest dispatch to The Morning Post says that King Charles of Rumania replied on Friday to the appeal of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria for peace terms by referring him to Rumania's last note demanding the cession to Rumania of the Bulgarian territory situated between Turtukai in North Bulgaria and Balchik on the Black Sea, and Rumania's participation in a general Balkan settlement.
    According to a dispatch from Athens to The Daily Telegraph King Ferdinand has addressed a note to the French President, M. Poincaré, soliciting France's intervention and intrusting Bulgaria's interest to the powers.
    The Daily Mail's Bucharest correspondent says the Rumanian Government has not actually decided to occupy Sofia, but will take all the passes stretching across Bulgaria.
    Queen Eleanor of Bulgaria telegraphed an appeal to Queen Carmen Sylva of Rumania to stop the advance of the Rumanian army. The Rumanian Queen replied that the troops would continue to advance. "but with the greatest consideration."
    Bulgaria is now seeking through Italy to obtain peace terms from Rumania, but no progress appears to have been made toward peace negotiations, and all three of her enemies are closing in on Bulgaria with the apparent determination of dictating peace when their armies occupy Sofia.

    SOFIA, July 10.— A coalition Cabinet was formed to-day by M. Radoslavoff, the Liberal lender in the Bulgarian Parliament, to take the place of the Cabinet Of Premier Daneff, which recently resigned. The new Ministry consists of liberals and Stambuloff Nationalists. M. Guenadieff has been appointed Foreign Minister.
    The General commanding the Bulgarian army operating against the Greeks officially charges the Greek troops with deliberately raking with their cannon fire the hospital at Demir-Hissar, in spite of the fact that the Red Cross was flying over the building.
    A few of the hospital attendants fled, the General says, but the remainder of the nurses and all the patients were killed, a few of the sick and wounded who had managed to crawl out from the ruins of the hospital having been shot down by Greek soldiers.
    The General also charges the Greek troops with massacring the entire population of Kilkish.