A   WAR PHOTOGRAPHER IN THRACE

time vague reports of fighting to the east
of Kirk-kilisse pointed to a probable at¬
tempt to turn the Turkish right wing.
The great battle around Kirk-kilisse began
in the evening of Sunday, October 20th,
and lasted until Thursday, October 24th,
when, as everybody knows, the Bulgarians
gained an overwhelming victory. It will
be recalled that we had started from Con¬
stantinople on the Wednesday evening,
not knowing at the time that this historic
contest was at its height; and that at
Seidler, on the following day, we had
encountered the Turkish troops retreating
after the disaster.

The victors of Kirk-kilisse were dis¬
patched southwards with the mission to
cut the Turkish communications between
Adrianople and the capital, and the Turks,
at the time that we joined them, were
falling back with the purpose of con¬
centrating   on   a  line   from   Baba   Eski

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