The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-10-03
ALLIES CONTINUE
VARIOUS DRIVES
Enemy Forces Have Been Bad
Iy Defeated in Palestine
and Macedonia.
FRENCH HAVE TAKEN PRILEP
5uIsar-German Troops Lose Strong
Strategic Point North OF Monas-
tir-ciose TO st. Quentin.

Macedonia and Palestine the Entente
Allied forces are giving the already
badly beaten Bulgarians, Germans and
Turks no rest, while in France the
British and French are continuing to
draw their net more closely about St.
Quentin and the remaining elements
of the Hindenburg line in this imme-
date region.
In Macedonia the situation of the
Bulgariaps and Germans daily grows
more critical as the Allied forces
steadily maintain their pressure
against them.
In Turkey the latest operations Of
the British and Arab tribesmen
friendly to the Allied cause seemingly
forecast the complete destruction or
capture of the Ottoman troops in
Palestine on both sides Of the River
Jordan.
st. Quentin, through the latest ad-
vices of the British and French, is all
but enveloped, and to the north the
strong enemy line protecting Cambria
has been further encroached upon by
Field Marshal Haig's men
Allies Press Forward.
All along the 1O0-mile front in
Macedonia, from the region north of
Monastir to Lake Dorian, the entire
Entente armies have pressed further
forward against the demoralized Bull
garians and Germans, whose rein
forcements have not been able to stiff
fen the line for a face about.
North of Monastir the important
strategic position of PriIep has been
occupied, thus giving control of the
numerous roads radiating from it to
the French cavalry; in the center the
Serbians have pushed their wedge fur
Their in between the enemy's western
and eastern armies, while on the ex-
IRENE eastern flank the British and
Greeks have advanced along both
sides of the Vardar to depth averag-
ing about ten miles over a front of
twenty miles.
Keep in Touch With Enemy.
Nowhere are the Entente command
ers permitting the Bulgarians and
Germans to lose contact with the ad-
vancing troops, who are harassing
them vigorously.
So badly has the hundred miles
been penetrated or battered that i'm
mediate dire calamity seemingly faces
the enemy units and the retreat is
greatly fastened unless the enemy is
fleet enough of foot to outdistance the
Allies on the wings Of the drive and
reconstitute his front to the north
with it's center resting possibly on
Uskub or Whereabouts. Even if such
a maneuver is possible, doubtless it
will be necessary for the enemy to
straighten his line westward through
Albania to the Adriatic sea.
Allies Gain on All Fronts.
Washington, Sept. 24.-Disaster has
overtaken the Teuton over all fields.
In Palestine the Turks are all but
absolutely crushed; in Macedonia the
Entente forces are marrying their foes
and threatening them with similar dis
aster; in France the British and
French troops slowly but surely are
eating their way into the vitals of the
German defensive positions, the col
lapse of which would result in impOr-
tant changes all along the Western
battle front, and in Eastern Siberia
the japanese have made additional
strides forward in the process Of re-
claiming that territory for the Rus
slams.
In all the theaters of war the En-
tente Allies have the initiative in their
hands and are pressing their advan-
tage vigorously. The Germans and
their allies nowhere are able to do
more than stand on the defensive.
And in Palestine and Macedonia their
efforts in this respect have proved
sorry ones.
Turks Suffer Heavy Losses.
From north Of Jerusalem to the Sea
OF GaIiIee in the territory lying be-
tween the River Jordan and the Medi-
terranean Sea, the Ottoman forces
have been caught by the swift drive
OF the British armies and virtually an
initiated. Added to the heavy cas-
uaIties suffered by the Turks, thou
sands OF them were made prisoner
and many more are wandering Devil
dered, without leaders, in the hills,
eventually to be brought in to swell
the great total At last accounts more
than twenty-five thousand OF the sui
tan's soldiers and 260 guns and large
quantities of war stores were in Brit
ish hands