Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-24
ALLIES TRIUMPHANT
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miios tho Toutonic allies are streaming
back IN lndescribsble disorder On the
west they are tryine to reach Prilep from
the vicinity ~ Ionastir. bat Prilep Is
outhanked by The advancing Serhisns,
who now are marching upon the city.
The railroad from Uskub to Saloniki,
running along the Vardsr valley and
forming the chief artery II communlca-
ton for the bulgarian forces around Lake
Dorian has been cut by the Serblans,
who have crossed the Vavdar In the
center the enemy resistance appears to
be completely broken and the French
and Scrblans are moving Dorthward a.
a rate which Indicates the absence Of
any organized resistance.
swEErTNG COUNTRY or Fogs
The disaster which thrcteans the
Teutonir armies on this front - one which
NAV change the whole complexion ~
affairs IN the Balkans The enemy
armies appear to have been Spit IN
twain and forced ~ retreat northward
over mountain roads which are, IN
majority Of cases, merely paths. It IS
probable that the retrogTadc movement
will spread to the eastward OF Lake DOiran
and involve the whole front.
There is every reason TO believe the
Turks IN Palestine are IN a position similar
to hat IN which the TeutonIc forces IN
Macedonia find themselves. Advancing
British. French and Arab forces have
enveloped a large portion Of the sultan 8
armies and to have broken the resist
ance of those which were not trapped
along the Jordan by the rapid progress OF
the allies along the coastal region.
ST QUENTIN DOOMED.
It Quentin. the center Of the linden
burg line between LaFere. on the south,
and Cambria. on the north, appears 70
be doomed. French units have reached
the Disc river between Nendeuu and
Travecy. while the British seem to be IN a
position to launch blow along the line to
the north .Of the city which viii make a
German retirement from the place nm
peratiye Already st. Quentin appears
to have lost It's tactical value 10 the
Germans. The Somme canal, one OF the
integral parts OF the defenses OF the cty,
now is under direct FIRE Of the allied guns,
while the railroad lines must be under
constant bombardment.
HAIG ENCIRCLING CAMBRIA
Northward along the line, the British
have made a new advance at Epehy,
west of Cambria, but the fighting here
has not taken on the savage character as
that farther south German counter
attacks have been repulsed by the British
who hold all the ground won IN recent
fighting.
While the fighting on the Alsne front
has not been rs spectacular as farther
north, the French are maintaining their
pressure against the German positions
west OF Chemin deS DANES the famous
road running along the crest Of hills
north of the Alsne which has been the
scene OF terrific fighting many times dur
ing the past two years.
The position held by the French
through Allamant and Sancy would seem
10 threaten the whole German position
north of the Alsne.
BoLsHEvIk RABBLE BEATEN
in the Far East, the Allies have been
victorious over the BolsheviS forces anl
the Austro- Hungarian prisoners of war
who are fighting under the Soviet stand
ard The city of Blagoyestchensk, on
the Amur river, 375 miles west of kha-
boroysk, has been taken by the allies
Since Chita was wTested from the Bol-
sheviki, the allies have moved east
ward i25 miles and occupied the city OF
Nerchlnsk.
Along the American sectors Of the
front in Lorraine. patrol encounters and
artillery duels have been reported. Bad
weather virtually has put stop 10 opera
tions there for the past few days.