Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1913 — BABIES ON THE BATTLEFIELD [ARTICLE]

BABIES ON THE BATTLEFIELD

Turkish Mothers Abandoned Their Offspring in Retreat From Victorious Bulgarian Army. \yhen the Turks filed before the conquering Bulgarian army. a 9 at Mustaphia Pasha, mothers fleeing in panic in many cases left children and babies behind them, so that the conquering Bulgars in addition to gathering the dead and wounded had also to pick up eying babies Many a Bulgarian Soldier considered it his duty to send home a Turkish baby to be taken care of when he discovered that its mother had abandbned it and could not be found „ A cavalry lieutenant from Sofia added the other day to his family of six children a seventh .one —a , Turkish baby girl His horse suddenly shied, and the rider saw on the ground the baby, and jumped off to take it Just

at that moment - a shell fell on the saddle of the horse. The baby saved the man’s life. He left it In the care of a Bulgarian woman In the city, and when after the battle Le could not discover its mother, he -,e*t it to his wife to care for as one of her own.