Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-25
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Serbian AdUdnce Has Assumed Importance, Says Cen
eral Maurice-Fate of Fourth Turkish
Army in Balance
BY MAJOR GENERAL SIR FREDERICK B. MAURICE

that part of the Fourth Turkish Army
which is north of Amman manages to
make its escape. and Won Sanders sue
ceeds in putting up n defense on tn"
Narmun. Even If tkc German does this
much for his Turkish friends. the re-
suit will he to leave virtually the
whole Of Palestine in our hands. to cut
off the Turks altogether from Arabia
and bring about the surrender sooner or
later of such of the enemY's forces as
are between Amman and Medina.
In Macedonia the effect of the Won
derful progress made by the gallant
little Serbian army is becoming more
and more apparent. As | anticipated in
my last article, the Bulgars. in conse-
uuence Of the Serbian advance in the
center, have been compelled to fan back
on the whole front from Lake Dorian
to the north of Monastir.
ON the left of the front of attack,
the Italians are now advancing and on
the right our own troops and the Greeks
are moving forward across tint almost
i~mprCgnahlc positions which W" have
hesn facing for more than tw" years.
Tho result OF inns mas I'tI ~ W ll'll
Greatly the somewhat narrow salient
which tic Serhians had created. and its
base Is now extended to over ninety
miles, The wedge driven into the Bull
gar front has from a very aCute-anClcd
triangle become a r~ight-anglcd triangle,
ard therefore is likely to be much more
effective.
our future prospects in this theatre
Still depend mainly on tn" achievements
of the Serbian army at the apex Of
the salient. 1t has cut the main lime
of the railway from Ghevgeli to Neles
and the branch railway which leaves
IN. main line at Gradskn and runs t.
rriIcr and hence the Bulgar withdraw
aIs on the right and left if the Serbian
advance can continue up the Nardar to
NrIes Eahuna raSS north Of Frilcp will
he turned and the Eulgar arry split in
two.
May Rally nj Bahuna Pass
The Rulgars are reported to- nave
made a light railway from Neles up t.
Bahuna Pass which may hep them to
rally there, and they ara certain, "a
make as desperate an effort as is within
their mower to do this and do so main
tain connection hetwCen the wings of
Their army.
Probably they will now fall back oi
tho poiran front to the BclaShitza range
where they can feed their troops from
the Soha-Seres railway. and will en-
doayor to hold the left bank of tn,
Nardar from near Stromitza station tc
The junction Of the Nardar and thu
Cerna, near GradskO, and from GradSkc
will try to establish u line through tn,
Rahuna Mountains to the north 81
Priler.
It IL 50 vital to them to hold tn,
I Serbian advance up the Nardar that /
would not he at all surprising If. il
I order 10 obtain re-enforCements for tn
center. they drew back their left From
Sores me Dem'r-llissar and oVaCuate,
those portions of Macedonia which re
=: main in their hands.
The events of the next two or thre
DAYS should decide whether the Rulgar
, Will he forced to make a general an
considerable withdrawal on the Who'll
front. or whether they will he able {
patch up some such line as indicate
i, above. In any event. to the Serbia
!, army already belongs the honor of hav
, ing affected a very complete change /
the situation in Macedonia.