Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-23
.A[.LENBY CAPTURES
$4,000 PRISONERS
AND MANY CANNON
Infantry Shepherds Otto
man Forces Into Arms Of
Cavalry in Palestine.
| NAZARETH, CHRiST'S HOME,
OCCUPIED BY BRITISH UNITS
Italians Join in Attack Against
beaten Bulgarians on
Macedonian Front.
H..lG ADVANCES, ~ FRANCE
mcricanS In Lorraine Sector Carry
Gut Two Successful
Local Raids.
NAZARETH. CHRiST'S HOME,
OCCUPIED BY BRITISH UNITS

With the violence OF the operations
on the western front in France con-
siGcraby diminished in intensity. the
Turks In Palestine aud the 3ulgarians
and their allies In Macedonia are being
put to the test. But nowhere thus far
have they been able to hold back. or
even to countcract the onslaughts of
their foes.
In Palestine the Turks seemingly are
IN the process Of being crushed in
Macedonia ths entente torces are driv-
ing sharp wedges for considerable dis
tanccs into The enemy fronts.
In France and Flanders, where thcrc
has been ANY hsh,inS rising in inn
purtahce hoove ptiroi encounters, tho
t'ritiSa, French and American troops
have kept the upper nanu and advanced
their respective lines.
OF traiIa.rnde.it lnterest. for the mo-
ment at lc 81. axe the operations of the
british General A!lcnSy's torccS i'm Pal
estn!e. t:ere. i'll less than four days.
The british have swept forward in the
taken tnu famous Nazareth. the while
their wings closed round in swift
snNclop,Ea movement and nipped with
in the NAV of the great pincer all inc
Ottoman forces in the coastal sector,
The p.Ain OF snaron. tne hill region in
! ,ne Gehter aud also the western Jor-s
dan Valley. meanwhile To the north
east the frichuiy Arab force OF the
i>ing OF HcuJas nave cut all railway
communication in front OF the tieeing
! urks and arc standing, barrier To
their escape by way of the eastern
plans
! MOiir: THAN I:3 GUNS
ALisr..tDh ARE COUNTED
More than $500 T4:ks had been
mad cpriSo..cr Ds the i.... .ISh. and guns
excess %, i2U n;lL been counted when
the last iS.'vitS t.o.h tc.erai Allenby
were received. In adGitivI,. great guam
titles OF WAL stores had neen captured
ana stlli others had no, uecn counted
,,.l Al
II is not Improbable th"t within the
',aS, the strInSs OF when have been
drawn taut, ci~SinS the mouth, thou
'AndS OF turks "t1 ehheshed- Many
+ those already made prisoner. nee-
ims in disorder. literally walked into
'"c hands OF the British. not knowing
thcir lines OF retreat had been cut OF.
i.HITlSH SWEEP OVER
FIELD or ARAIAGEDDOS
Although the Turks at some points
offered considerable resistance to the
.'ritssh. at no point We're they able to
,t.y ihe advance. even on the famous
.ield "t Armageddon. which the British
areth. TO the north. In the operation
OF sewing the enemy within the sack,
.,:!ncn p.ayed an niportan,' role. Wig
,fonsly bombing; the retrelting Turks.
!nfiictinS enormous CASUALTIES ON them
The losses ot General Ailenby are de-
scrihed as slight. in comparison with
the Importance of the movement car
rird out.
In Macedonia the Italians have joined
oian and Greek troops. and are hard
after the l'ulgaritEs aud their allies.
who are being driven northward
through southern serbia. Between tho
'crna and Nardar River. although the
BuiEarians and Germans are sending UP
re-cnforccments the allied troops have
continued their pressure The Serhians
west of the Eard..r River have crossed
the Philcpc- lshtib road at Eavardar.
which constitutes an advance OF more
than Twenty-Five miles INTO their once-
held territory. TO the east OF MouaS-
tir the Italians have begun operations
in the famous Cerna bend, and have
taken several positions, while between
the ccrna and the Vardar the French
also have met with successes.
ON the French front the Bri iSh, north
Of the Scarpc River. advanced their
line on a twomilc front. while east OF
EDchy. lying between cambrai and ST
Quentin. and at several other points
on this sector i'll Strorg fEhing they
captured German positions. On that
part of the front held by the French
there was little activity except by the
opposing artillery. which at times was
heavy
an the Lorraine front the Americans
have carried out two successful raids
against the Germans and taken priS-
oncrs. In addition. some casualties
were inflicted on the enemy. Several
guns also were captured.