"كتيب تركيا الأوروبية (لندن: قسم الاستخبارات، الأميرالية؛ ١٩١٧)' [و‎‎١‎١‎٦] (٣٤٨/٢٣٦)

ROADS AND TRACKS—ROUTE 2
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and Redif division. Garrison generally 6 battalions,
1 mountain, 4 field batteries. Two forts, one E., one
W. of town on edge of a plateau, hidden among gardens
and vineyards. Military hospital. Houses of stone,
and well built; some of two stories. A rich town,
celebrated for its vineyards. Cultivation of mul
berry-trees. Distributing centre for country towards
the Black Sea. Water in pipes from the Sheitan Dere,
above the town.
Road leaves ESE., and then turns SE.
Road crosses to E. bank of two channels of the
Buyuk Dere, by iron-girder bridge, 70 yds. long,
commanded by low hills on E. side. Road ceases to
be metalled from this point. The country is open and
stony, with patches of cultivation. The streams have
steep banks.
Branch road E. to Samakov (see Route 23 at
mile 3).
Road continues SE.
Kiziljik, pop. about 350. Houses of mud and wood
with thatched roofs. The country at this point be
comes pasture land dotted with a few trees.
Uskub Dere, pop. about 750. Houses of mud and
wood with tiled roofs. Situated in a valley running
from N. to S. Large new mosque. Between here and
Yeno there are numerous tracks N. to Uskiib.
Yeno (Yani), pop. about 2,000. Garrison, one
company of infantry. Houses mostly of stone.
Situated in an open plain.
Bunarhissar, pop. about 2,500, mostly Bulgarian
and Greek. Seat of a Mudir. Garrison, one company.
The country is flat and cultivated, except on the N.,
where it rises steeply to the Monastir Dagh. E. of
the village are three ancient towers, from which an
extensive view is obtainable.