On Wednesday Adrianople fell before a combined assault by the
investing Bulgarian and Servian armies. This important triumph came close upon the news of the surrender of Djavid Pasha to the Servians on the banks of the Skumbi. The general attack on Adrianople began on Tuesday, and on that evening, according to a message from the special correspondent of the Times at Sofia, the Bulgarians had already captured on the southern sector of the defences twenty-six guns and eight hundred prisoners. The fighting continued through the night. At ten o'clock the Bulgarians had captured on the eastern sector twenty-seven guns and one thousand prisoners. At dawn the final assault was pressed home, and the whole eastern front with all its forts was taken. The Turks blew up their magazines and set fire to stores, barracks, and hospitals. At two o'clock in the afternoon the Turkish commander, Ghazi Shukri Pasha, formally surrendered to General Ivanoff. It is said that the advanced line of Bulgarians drove herds of cattle before them in order to avoid the danger of mines, and that when the fall of the city was announced the cheers of the Bulgarian army ran along the whole line from the Black Sea to the 2Egean. We have written elsewhere of the fall of Adrianople in discussing the prospects of peace. In addition it should be noted that the Bulgarians have had considerable successes in a series of actions at the Tchatalja lines, but their military signifi- cance is not apparent as we write on Friday. The progress of the peace negotiations is also obscure as to details, but the prospects are bright. Next week will probably see the end of hostilities.
