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Foreign News
January 8, 1913
The Watchman And Southron
Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
Nazim Pasha, Turkish war minister, expresses confidence in his reorganized army at Tchatalja lines after initial setbacks against Bulgarians in Thrace during the war.
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NAZIM PASHA BELIEVES IN HIS ARMY.
Leader of Ottoman Forces is Confident That His Men Will be Equal to Demands Made.
Paris, Jan. 6.—Nazim Pasha, the Turkish minister of war, who was asked recently by The Temps for a statement of his views on the war, has sent an interesting declaration, after taking time for full reflection.
The generalissimo of the Turkish army writes:
"The outbreak of the war found the Turkish army in an unfavorable situation: it was in the midst of reorganization. Nevertheless, strenuous efforts were made to place it on a war footing.
There were only 15,000 men in Thrace when hostilities began but Turkey rapidly concentrated an imposing force there. It would be a great mistake to judge of the real value of the Turkish army by its lack of success in the first battle. The Bulgarians understood this before Tchatalja. We consider the affair of Kirk Killisseh as an unhappy accident.
"The Ottoman army cannot be said to have been beaten at Kirk Killisseh. We have succeeded in mending all that at Tchatalja and in showing the real worth of the army.
Today along the Tchatalja lines is a newly formed and more determined line and army which has been tested by the terrible ordeal at Kirk Killisseh and from which the rotten members have been lopped off.
"We expect great things from this army and this time we shall not be deceived. Ardor, stimulated by the misfortunes which have smitten us, stirs the blood in the veins of our soldiers, and the die being cast, the army at Tchatalja will be found equal to the supreme demands made on it."
Leader of Ottoman Forces is Confident That His Men Will be Equal to Demands Made.
Paris, Jan. 6.—Nazim Pasha, the Turkish minister of war, who was asked recently by The Temps for a statement of his views on the war, has sent an interesting declaration, after taking time for full reflection.
The generalissimo of the Turkish army writes:
"The outbreak of the war found the Turkish army in an unfavorable situation: it was in the midst of reorganization. Nevertheless, strenuous efforts were made to place it on a war footing.
There were only 15,000 men in Thrace when hostilities began but Turkey rapidly concentrated an imposing force there. It would be a great mistake to judge of the real value of the Turkish army by its lack of success in the first battle. The Bulgarians understood this before Tchatalja. We consider the affair of Kirk Killisseh as an unhappy accident.
"The Ottoman army cannot be said to have been beaten at Kirk Killisseh. We have succeeded in mending all that at Tchatalja and in showing the real worth of the army.
Today along the Tchatalja lines is a newly formed and more determined line and army which has been tested by the terrible ordeal at Kirk Killisseh and from which the rotten members have been lopped off.
"We expect great things from this army and this time we shall not be deceived. Ardor, stimulated by the misfortunes which have smitten us, stirs the blood in the veins of our soldiers, and the die being cast, the army at Tchatalja will be found equal to the supreme demands made on it."
What sub-type of article is it?
Military Campaign
War Report
What keywords are associated?
Nazim Pasha
Turkish Army
Thrace
Kirk Killisseh
Tchatalja Lines
Bulgarian Forces
Ottoman Reorganization
What entities or persons were involved?
Nazim Pasha
Where did it happen?
Thrace
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Thrace
Event Date
Jan. 6
Key Persons
Nazim Pasha
Outcome
ottoman army not beaten at kirk killisseh; mended position at tchatalja with improved, determined force.
Event Details
Nazim Pasha states the Turkish army was reorganizing at war's outbreak, started with 15,000 men in Thrace but concentrated more; views Kirk Killisseh as accident, not defeat; now at Tchatalja lines with tested, stronger army confident to meet demands.