Tells Of Bulgars' Rout.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 6, 1913:
Greeks Say Their Victory at Kilkish Was Complete.
    A story of the battle between the Bulgarians and Greeks at Kilkish, twenty-five miles north of Salonika, was received by the Greek daily newspaper Atlantis yesterday direct from the Turkish seaport. It said, in part:
    "The battle between the Bulgarians and Greeks at Kilkish ended at 10 o'clock in the morning of July 4 in the complete defeat of the Bulgarians after a severe bombardment of the town by the Greeks, who carried the place at the point of the bayonet. The town was then occupied by a part of the Hellenic troops while their comrades continued the pursuit of the Bulgarians, who had fled in disorder, leaving many field guns and machine guns in the hands of the victors. More than sixty cannon were captured.
    "The Bulgarians, who were much superior in numbers, had surrounded the town with defensive works and trenches nearly six feet in depth and very narrow, so that their occupants were sheltered from the splinters of shells.
    "Firing started at 8 o'clock in the morning. The Bulgarians had stationed their heavy artillery on the heights, from which they fired with great precision.
    "The Greek infantry received orders to advance by short rushes at the double, so as to render useless the marking of the distances by the Bulgarian artillery.
    "By 11 o'clock the Bulgarians had concluded that it was impossible to stop the Greeks, so they started a great fire along their front for a distance of over two miles to hide the movements of their army.
    "The Greek light infantry dashed forward at the run, darted through the flames, and Greeks and Bulgarians mingled together in a furious hand-to-hand fight.
    "At 5 o'clock on Friday morning the Bulgarian lines had been pierced, but one of the hills around Kilkish still held out. The Greek light infantry dashed up the hill, and the combat ended with the Bulgarians abandoning their munitions and wounded and fleeing in disorder.
    "The trenches around Kilkish were filled with dead.
    "The Greek Army from Ghevgheli has crossed the River Varda and is marching to the assault of the almost impracticable gorges of Tourka, northwest of Doiran. The resistance offered there by the Bulgarians is much greater than at Kilkish, but they are gradually retreating.
    "The victory of the Greek division at Nigrita also was complete."