Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-09-24
ALLIES PUSH FIGHTING.
Continue to Make Roadway Both in
the East and West.


With the violence OF the operations
On the western front in France con-
:;iderably diminished in intensity. the
TURKS in Palestine and the BulgarianS
and their Allies in Macedonia are be-
ing put to the test. But nowhere thus
iar have they been able To hold back,
or even to counterfeit, the onslaushts
of their foes.
I'm Palestine the Turks seemingly
are in the process of being crushed;
N Macedonia the entente forces are
,iri, ins sharp wedges for considerable
distances into the enemy fronts.
I'm France and Flanders. where there
has been any fighting rising in I'M
portance above patrol encounters the
British, French and American troops
have kept the upper hand ana al
yanCcd their respective lines.
Transcendent Interests
Our transcendent interests, for the
moment at least, are the operations oi
the British General .tllenby's forces
in Palestine. Here. in less than four
lays the British have swept forward
in the center between the River Jor-
dan and taken the famous Nazareth.
while their wings closed round in n
swift cnveloping movement and nlpped
within the NAV OF the great plnccr
all the ottoman forces in the coastal
sector. the plain Of Sharon, the hill
region i'm the central and also west
crn Jordan valley. Meanwhile to the
northeast the friendly Arab forces OF
the King of fledjaZ has cut all the
railway communication in front OF the
fleeing Turks and are standing
barrier To their escape 10y way OF the
eastern plains.
More than $4,000 Turks had been
made prisoner by the British and guns
in excess Of 120 had been counted
when the last reports from General
Allenby were received. In addition
great quantities Of war stores had been
captured. and still others had not
been counted owing to the rapidity OF
the movement.
II is not improbable that within the
bag, the strings Of which have been
drawn taut, closing the mouth, thou
sands of Turks are enmcshed. Many
of those already made prisoner. iee-
ing in disorder, literally walked into
the hands Of the British. not knowing
their lines Of retreat had been cut OH.
Although the Turks at some points
offered considerable resistance TO the
British, at no point were they able 10
stay the advance. even on the famous
field of Armageddon, which the Brit.
ish army swept across and occupied
Nazareth to the north. In the opera
ton Of sewing the enemy within the
sack. the airmen played an important
role, vigorously bombarding the re-
treating Turks, inlicting enormous
casualties on them. The losses Of Gen.
Allenby are described as slight, In
compa rison with the importance OF
the movement carried out.
Italians Join the Fray.
In Macedonia the Italians have join
ed the fray with tho British, French,
Serbian and Greek troops and are
hard after the Bulgarians and their
allies, who are being driven north
ward through southern Serbia. Be
tween the Cerna and Vardar river al
though the Bulgarians and Germans
are sending endorsements the Al
lied troops have continued their pres
sure. The Serbians west Of the var
dar river have crossed the Prilepe-
Ishtib road at Kavardar, which con-
stitutes an advance Of more than 20
miles into their once-held territory.
To the east Of Monastir the Italians
have begun operations In the famous
Cerna bend and have taken several
positions, while between the Cerna and
the Vardar the French also have met
with successes.
On the French front. the British
north Of the Scarpe river, advanced
their line on a two-mile front, while
east of Epehy. lying between Cam.
brai and st. Quentin and at several
other points on this sector in strong
lighting they captured German posi-
tions. On that part Of the front held
BY the French there was little actlvlty
except by the opposing arthlerS.
which at times was heavy.
On the Lorraine front the Ameri,
cans have carried out two successful
raids against the Germans and taken
prisoners. In addition. some casual
ties were inflicted on the enemy. Sew
eral guns were also captured.
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