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One thing, however, is clear. The great struggle will come

off in Thrace, and will be a struggle for the possession of Adrianople. If the Bulgarians and Servians can drive the Turks out of Adrianople, the road is open to Constantinople, as it was to the Russians in 1878. If they fail, and the Turks hold their own in the endless line of ditches and forts bristling with cannon and riflemen, the Allies will be in great danger, and the Turks may be able to issue forth from Adrianople and invade Bulgaria, overwhelming an army which has become demoralized by being hurled unsuccessfully against impreg- nable entrenchments.

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