Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-10-04


issimo of the Turkish forces, was In
command there and fed from Naza-
reth just in time to avoid capture.
General Allenby deserves the greater
credit for. his success because he had
to send many of his troops to the
west front in Europe during the sum-
mer and was compelled to ~reorganize
his expedition. The end of his drive
is not yet In sight.
How the leaders of the Young Turks.
the tools of Germany, will weather this
storm of defeat is a question. Already,
1t is reported, they are depositing their
wealth in Swiss banks.
In Serbia, where another German
general, Won Steuben, is in supreme
command of the forces of the central
powers, the successes of the allies
were no less than those in Palestine
and perhaps of greater immediate i'm
portance. Having driven their great
spearhead northward in the center of
the line along the Vardar river, they
crossed that river and by Tuesday the
Serbians had reached the outskirts Of
Ishtip, an important Bulgarian base.
Then the allies turned to both the east
and west In a great thanking move
ment. On the west the Serbians, rout-
Ing a German garrison, took Gradsko,
capturing an enormous quantity of sup
plies, including a number of guns. They
and the French operating with them
passed far beyond Prilep toward Kru-
shevo and Kichevo, which are in the
foothills of the mountains separating.
! Serbia and Albania. They occupied
Veles, north of Prilep, Thursday.
Thus the allies gained control of the
entire Monastir-Gradsko road, cutting
the Bulgarian army into a number of
groups. Still further west the Italians
took a hand in the joyful proceedings.
pursuing the fleeing Bulgarians relent-
lessly.
East of the vardar the Bulgars and
Germans were steadily forced back to-
ward the frontier, and on Thursday
came the news that British and Greek
forces had actually invaded Bulgaria
at Kosturino, about six miles south of
StrumnitZa, the Teutonic base of that
region. In the Lake Dorian region the
resistance of the enemy has been
stronger, but there too the British and
Greeks were making daily gains. AS
soon as they shall have driven the
Bulgars from a billy triangle in that
sector, it is pointed out, they will
be able to put into commission again
the Uskub-Saloniki railroad and con-
vey plentiful supplies to the troops.
AS the allies advanced they were
Joined by the peasants, and among the
prisoners taken were many Serbians
who had been forced to serve in the
Bulgarian army. 1t is noteworthy that
among the allies fighting in this region
is a big contingent of Jugo-Slavs. In
the advance of the allies the tanks cut
a considerable figure. These engines
of war never before had been on such
a rough, mountainous terrain.
Ia
1t was the general opinion that Bull
garia. as a belligerent, was doomed by
the disastrous defeat in Macedonia.
Already she was sore at Germany and
Turkey, and a great part of the nation,
led by the queen, was really in SYM
pathy with the allies. The recent ter
rife blows to German military prestige
will make the Bulgarians more than
ever anxious to break with the kaiser,
on whose promises of Balkan hegem-
ony they had relied. According to
information from Switzerland, King
appealed to Field Marshal
Won MGckensen, who was in Bucharest.
to take command of the Bulgarian arm
les and save his country from invasion.
A ministerial crisis with an entire
of foreign policy is imminent.
aid owing to paciist demonstrations
in Sofia that city was placed under
law. Some authorities believe |
Grown Prince Boris will be made re-
gent.
Progress by the allies in Picardy was
but sure during the week. The
Huns were desperately trying to save
Quentin, but despite their repeated
counter-attacks, which were especially
fierce in the region of Epehy, the Brit
Ssh continued to close down on that
city from the west and north, while the
completed its investment on the
south. The reactions of the Germans
we're powerful and they sacrificed great
numbers of men. At times the British
we're compelled to give ground, but in
almost every instance this was imme-
recovered. Gricourt and Pom
.;uet. both virtually on the H'>denbufg