Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-21
CEN. FOCH MAY STRIKE
AGAIN, AND RIGHT AWAY
Believed He VIII Deal Boche Sc
we're Blow on Line From
Rheims 20 Verdun.
~ Associated pro-s 70 Every Evorfnr

by Associated Press ~ Every Everfnz
Turkish forces along the iinc from be
Mediterranean Sea 70 tho Jordan. north
q Jerusalem, appear to have suffered :
serious defeat at The hands n the British
snd French armies md tbrir slbcs. the
Arabs n the situation develops as favor
ably 20 thc allies az II II indicated bv tho
reports of the opening phases Of fhr fight
ing, the Sulton's forces may -iTer disaster
sULTA~'s AR.Y ~ PvPu
Attacking over front Us rnile~ IL
length the alhes have virtually Dverrun
ihe wnolc Turkish defensive system along
the Mediterranean Sca coast Railroad
functions have bren taken and cavalry ls
operating in the rear ~ Turkish forces
which arc holding the line 20 the rasSt-
ward of the front where the sttack was
launched These enemy units ore pro
vented from retreating eastward bv inc
hostility of Ilelas tribes beyond tho
jorrian and they face p serious problem ia
making their way bark t. safety along the
western bank of that historic stream
More than 3 100 prisoners have poen
captured by the allies who also have taken
great quantities Of war materials
BULGsRs rEATEv-RoUTED
British, French. serbian and Greek
forces are pursuing thcir gVcce~e~ N the
I Macedonian taeatre II war Polnehko.
town r. miles east 81 Priep las been
reachen by the French, while the Scrbians
have crossed the Cerna and are thc
nei0hborhood of the town 81 DlInyc
south q Priicp Further east, the British
and Creeks arc forcing the Bulgarian
/ back IN the Lake Dolran region, IL spite
/ Of the violent resistance OF the enemy.
! ALLIES NEARER ST QUENTIN.
Along the battle line IN France, he
British are stall hammerlng away at the
fiindeuburg line north Of - Quentin AMI
have made gains of considerable iA-
/ portance This region Is one great fortress
( and progress must Of necessity be- SLOW.
4 The success Of the British specially that
OF the Australian units, gives reason Tor
/ the belief expressed IN dispatches that the
! German lines north Of st. Quentin NAV
be broken bv the allied onslaught. South
of St Quentin the French are fighting re-
lentlessiv and are making progress m the
region Of Essigny-ie-Grand
Fighting along the American front in
Lorraine has been Of a minor nature slnce
the Germans were forced back 20 their
lines before Metz he americans are
bombarding Metz with new, bug guns.
BoLsHEvTKI IN RETREAT
Nilied forces in Russia have routed the
Boshevlk army on the northern front
Petrugrad dispatches state that the Boz
sheyik retreat was caused hv lhc rrelcher,
of Tettish regiments, which refused 20
tight against the British. The Let's have
heretofore Deen the staunchesJ supporters
q the BOlshevik regime.
NEE BLOW PREDICTED.
There Is belief in official arrlcs in
" ashlngton that a new allied stroke may
be launched soon somewhere along the
front in France The plans d Marshal
Foch are not known. but ,t + udmated
In dispatches from the capital that an
attack from Rheims % kerduu would
cause little surprise such move would
probably be- the first step n the operation
uf forcing the Germans 20 loosen their
grip north ~ the tisne and also we IN
their hold on the region "c>t and mort 10