Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-10-05

| iSsimO of the Turkish forces. was in
command there and fled from NaZa
| reth just in time to avoid capture
General Allenby deserves the greater
credit for his success because he haG
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 vet in sight.
How the leaders Of the Young Turks
the tools of Germany. will weather this
storm of defeat is a question. Already
it 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 Vartlar river, they
crossed that river and by Tuesday the
Serbians had reached the outskirts OF
1Shtip, an important Bulgarian base.
Then the allies turned to both the east
and west In a great flanking move
ment. On the west the Serbians. rOut-
ing a German garrison. took GradSkO
capturing an enormous quantity Of sup
plies, including number Of guns. They
and the French operating with them
passed far beyond Prilep toward Kru-
shevO and kichevo. which are III the
foothills of the mountains separating
Serbia and Albania. They occupied
Eelcs. north Of Prilep, Thursday.
Thus the allies gained control Of the
entire MOnaStir-GradSkO road. cutting
the Bulgarian army into Il number of
groups. Still further west the Italians
took a hand in tile joyful proceedings.
pursuing the fleeing BulgarianS relent-
lcSSly.
East of the Vartlar the Rulgars 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, hut there too the British and
Greeks were making daily gains. AS
soon as they shall have driven the
Bulgars from Il hilIy 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 Il big contingent Of JugO-Slavs. In
the advance of the allies the tanks cut
a considerable figure. These engines
Of war never before lad been on such
louSIl ltIlUlIl.
A.
1t was the general opinion that Bull
garia. as Il bclligerent. Was doomed by
the disastrous defeat in Macedonia
Already she was sore at Germany and
Turkey. and a great part Of the nation.
lea b!. 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
Won ..Iacl;en>en. who was in Bucharest
TO take command of the Bulgarian arm
les and save hi: country from invasion.
A ministerial crisis with an entire
change OF foreign policy is imminent.
aid owing to pacitist demonstrations
in Sofia that city was placed under
martial law Some authorities believe
Crown Prince Boris will be made re-
gem.
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Progress by the allies in Picar,ly was
slow hut sure during the week. The
Huns were desperately trying to save
ST. Quentin. hut despite their repeated
cGlnter-attacks, which were especially
fierce in the region Of Epehy, the Brit
i>h continued to close down on that
city from the west and north. while the
French completed its investment on the
south. The reactions of the Germans
were powerful and they sacrificed great
numbers of men. At times the British
were compelled to give ground, but in
almtss: every instance this was imme-
dia,ely recovered. GricOurt and Pom
t.'uet, both virtually on the Hindenburg