2 NOVEMBER 1912, Page 17

With one flank on the Black Sea and the other

on the Sea of Marmora and guarded on their right front by a fresh-water lake and on the left by an inlet of the sea, the Turks are further protected by marshes and swampy ground. Thus the practicable part of the peninsula is narrowed to sixteen miles of rolling hills. These sixteen miles are filled with forts, works, and wire entanglements of every conceivable kind, and also defended with the most powerful modern artillery. The notion of carrying these works behind the back of the Turkish field army sounds like mere midsummer madness, but if something of the kind is not expected, why does Lieutenant Wagner give us that hint?