Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-21
ALLIES CAPTURE
MANY PRISONERS
AND MUCH BOOTY
Hedjas Tribesmen Cut Off
Retreat Of Ottomans
East Of Jordan. |.
FOCH'S FORCES MAKE
PROGRESS IN FRANCE
British Close In Further on
ST. Quentin and LIE
Catelet. -.
MoEvRES NOW FIRMLY Held
Germans Fight Desperately TO Check
Advance OF French Toward
Chcnnin-dcs- Danes. ~ /
Now FIRMLY HEIn
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Tv Associated Prc,S.i
The Holy Land is anamc under the
impetus of mighty stroke by tive
Eritish. French and friendly .>rab
forces and tho Turks from tho Jor,ian
River eastward to the Medltcrrancan
seemingly are in rout.
Addcd to their already heavy losses
in ground. men killed wounded or madc
prisoner and stores captured in Bei-
GUM France, Italy and the Balkans,
tho Teutonic allies. Judging from Erst
reports OF the hostilities begun against
the Ottoman in Palestine, arc IN for
further extremely hard usage.
Ia less than {; day General .tllenby's.
British forces. aided by French troops
aud natives under the ilag of the King
OF the HcdjaS. struck the Turkish iihs
over front OF sixteen miles and ncue-
tratcd to depth of twelve miles, TAX
overrumnins the entire hostile defense
system. Railway and highway june
ton points we're captured and strong
we'll IN advance OF the attacking trooiis.
threatening TO carry out a turntyS.
movement against tho nceinS Turks
Meanwhile. along the shores of the
Mcdterrancan naval units were clear
ing the coastal roads of the enemy by
their gunfirc. ~
In addition to tho large number OF
prisoners taken. great quantities OF
war materials had fallen into the hands
uf the allied troops. and the pressure
against the enemy WAS going on pnf
ahatcd.
heightened by the operations or the
licdjaS trihcsmen on tho EASTERN side
Of the Jordan which will pr" ycnt them
from taking refuge across the strearI
in the Jordan Valley, and compel th ehI
TO night their way out OF their trouble
wca; OF the river AS best they may.
MANY GEHMASS KILLED
IN DEFENSE or MOENRI:S
Although there has hcpu Son,,>unJr
OF II ct-up in the intensity OF the light
ing from the region of ST Quentin to
the British and French armies have
been able materially to better their post-
tons IN front OF both Cambrai and st.
Quentin. Moevres, lying to the west
OF Cambrai. over which there hassbeeit
such intensive hghting for more ithaIt
a week in which the town seTera
times changed hands, now is definitely
British. The large number of German
dead strcwinS the ground around II at[
tes, the value they placed At Atoevres
.s a point 81 strategic value in the d4-
fcrSe OF tamhrai.
To the south on both sides OF 81.
Quentin the T:rjtiSh and French hay>
moved in more closely the Jaws Of the
nipper which - being poised ultima els
10 pinch 81. Quentin out of the battle
line. Most OF the German strong points
which have been the means Of hold!rS
back tho allied troops in this re.-iom
have been overcome, and apparently It
- only matter of time when Teucr,i
Foch VIII give the order for the prc5-
sure of IN" pnccrs and tho capture 'es
st. Quentin. = =.
the Germans arc still using machiue.
guns in large numbers to hold back ths
french from further cncroachmcnts OF
the Chemin -des- Danes positions. and
also are launching heavy countc--
attacks in efforts to expel the Frehtii
Xs,r, trom nos;ti1ns o, they have attained.
forts however. the French have rained
further ground northeast o. vailIy.
AMERICAN LONG-RANGE
GUNS BOMBANDING MEIrz
Little additional fighting has devel-
ored on the front held by tho Ameri-
cans north of st. Mihiei but Amer-,
ican long-ranEc guns are heavily she'll
In Macedonia aFnan .hs R1Itish sGitrGsS Of Net
French and Greeks continue hard a fters
the Bulgarians, driving the enemy be-
prisoners.
In Northern Russia the allied troops
nave gained additional successes over
the enemy forces.
GERMANS AND THEIR ALLIES
MEET WITH DEFEAT
LONDON. September Con- hyc dJf-
fcrcnt fronts the Germans and their
allies suffered serious reverse in tho
last twenty four 'urs.
In the two far-distant theaters of
war, Macedonia, and Palestine, the Bull
gars and Turks, with their German
auTilisries went down to heavy defeat.
hard on the heels OF the routed foe. -
\ battle RACES OF "A 100-mile front
in Macedonia. Along seventy miles OF
It the Rulgars are fieenE in disorder
before the Serbs and French. who have
taken another 5000 prisoners and
eighty guns. bring the total OF can
tivcs near the 10000 mark On tho
right the British have Joined tho
Greeks. and have taken 700 prisoners ~
In Palestine Sir Edmund Alenby tba
twentieth enturN Crusader who l;b,--
rated Jerusalem In a sudden smash ON a
hfty- mile front between the River Jor--
dan and the sea. has ripped hole ipfo
the Turkish Nahlus front, and through
II his cavalry vs. pourInE into The C',-
toman rear. advancing. nearly twenty
miles and still "on the co. Three
thousand Turkish prisoners have been.
countcd; more are coming III $50
\ Turkish force of nearly o0ono Ia
N n danger ,f. Of being trapped. From
aacins u. and there are onlyrthe dirycNH.
hills OF Ephraim to escape 10 ~
ALLESnY'S ATTACK ONE OF !l.%ssts
MOST BRILLIANT OF vAR
The British drive against tho Turk. :.
ish Nabius forces, though only IN H 4 i
initial STAGE, already stands our aa one
OF the most brtlit#ntly conceived sfrs .as
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