Chatalja Chataldja Tchataldja : also spelt Çatalca, a city in Turkey west of Istanbul. The First Battle of Çatalca was one of the heaviest battles of the First Balkan War fought between 17 & 18 November 1912. It was initiated as an attempt of the combined 1st & 3rd Bulgarian Armies, under the overall command of Lt. General Radko Dimitriev, to defeat the Ottoman Çatalca Army & break through the last defensive line before the capital Constantinople (q.v.). The high casualties however forced the Bulgarians to call off the attack & allow their adversary to claim victory. This was the greatest military success of the Ottoman Army for the entire duration of the war & the first major defeat of the Bulgarian Army since its establishment in 1878. Upon expiration of the armistice, on 3 February 1913, hostilities recommenced & the Second Battle of Çatalca (in the First Balkan War) began. It was a series of thrusts & counter-thrusts by both the Ottomans & the Bulgarians & lasted until 3 April 1913.
... Europe the subjective fulfilment of the Will is evident, in the action of the Triple Alliance, the restored morale of the Turks, the stronger resistance in Macedonia, at Adrianople, the offensive at Chataldja, the course of events in England. But the material results are not attained. In India there is, as yet, no substantial result. Against roga there is often immediate temporary success, but the ...
... stationary. 25 January 1913 Today's news corrects yesterday's failure. Recent trikaldrishtis have been that the Cabinet was hopeless of relieving Adrianople or of doing more than holding out at Tchataldja, that money was lacking and that the Russians were threatening an invasion of Asiatic Turkey; that Kiamil Pasha was hesitating whether to hold out or yield or resign; that in the Army & City there... this lipi indicates the previous release of samadhi. Fulfilled immediately.[)] The following have been given. (5) More shipwrecks. (Lipi) (6) It is impossible to defeat the Bulgarians at Tchataldja .. by the false tejas. It is hopeless to expect assistance from the Europeans .. Defeat of the Bulgarians .. Dissolution of the Confederacy. (Lipi). (7) Songe. (Lipi, indicating some progress ...
... present the Page 117 success is faulty & limited, in many directions nil. The sixth is clouded. 26 November 1912 Today a number of prayogas seem to be in course of being fulfilled—eg. Chatalja; Turkish resistance in Macedonia; action of the Triple Alliance. Today also the trikaldrishti has been almost infallibly accurate. The cloud has disappeared, and the siddhi except in the body is once ...
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