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United Press
War Summary
,510th day Of the war.

1,510th day Of the war.
Balkan front-The allies made an
additional advance Of nearly ten
miles In Macedonia yesterday captur-
ing ten villages and advancing their
limo about half way from the Ser
ban border of the junction of the
Cerna and Vardar rivers.
Picardy front-British and French
continue to hammer at the rinden-
burg defense between CambraI and
st. Quentin. The Germans Were
severely repuised In a series of at
tacks. northwest Of the important
town Of Le cateIet, which continued
all night Fighting was renewed just
south Of this region today. The
French have made further progress
south Of St. Quentin, where they are
gradually pushing past the city.
Flanders front-British troops Inn
proved their positions last night west
of MessInes and southeast Of Ypres.
Aisne-Oise front-Normal artillery
activity occurred on this front last
night
Metz front-The Americans COM
pIeteiy repused two heavy German
raids northwest Of Thiaucourt yester-
day.
Northern Russian front-Allied
naval forces sank two more Bolshevlk
boats on the Dvina river.
The allies are striking simuitane-
ousIy on four fronts-the greatest
concerted effort since the beginning
of the war.
| Every one of the enemy powers and
even the Russian Bolsheviki, are
being kept busy by this demonstra-
tion Of allied unity.
Tho British, French and Americans
still retain the initiative on the west
1 front; serbians, British, French,
Italians and Greeks are on the often
sive In Macedonia; British and
French are making great gains ira
Palestine, while British, Japanese,
| Americans, Czecho-Siovaks and anti
BoIsheviki Russians are Wagins
/ successful warfare against the BoE
shevlki in various parts Of Russia.
/ Opposed to these allied forces are
the Germans and few Austrians on
the west front; BuIearians and Aus.
trlans in the Balkans; German-led
| Turks In Palestine and German-ied
Bolshevki in Russia.
! The British and French are still
i battling for possession OF the Hin.
denburg line between Cambrai ana
st. Quentin while the Americans, oy
artillery, aerial and patrol activity,
are keeping the Germans In a cold
sweat before Metz.
In the Balkans the allied offensive
front has been extended to about
seventy miles and threatens to en-
broI the whole limo from the Aegean
TO the Adriatic.
I The new AnaIo. French offensive In
Palestine involves a fighting front of
nearly fifty miles, extending from the
Jordan river to the Mediterranean.
The greatest gains have been made
along the sea coast.
New allied successes are reported
In Russia, particularly In the north
ern area where the Bolsheviki have
been defeated along the Dvina river
: and near the Finnish border.
i Operations In Holy Land.
!, IBy J. w. T. Mason, United Press
War Expert]
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-General
Allenby's resumption Of operations In
the Holy Land will play a direct part
on the operations in Europe by re-
straining the Turks from sendlne
heavy reinforcements to the relief OF
the Bulgarians.
At the same time agitation against
the Germans in Constantlnopie VIII
. be encouraged by the imposslblhty OF
, Won Hindenburg dispatching troops tc
the relief of the kaisers hard pressed
Mahometan ally. The British success
, north of Joppa carries the Palestlne
, campaign into the plains Of Sharon
forty-fve miles of the single railway
supplying the Turks with munitions
, of war. This line of communicates
| is now the main objective of the
: British army 1t crosses the Holy
: Land eastward from Haifa, passe:
, over the Jordan river, borders the
) southern tip Of the sea Of Galilee anc
: then runs northeast of Damascus ant
proceeds via Aleppo to CONSTANT
, NOBLE. Once the British succeed IL
> cutting the line the Turks Will os
Y seriously handicapped in bringing VI
supplies for the whole province o
Galilee on the west coast. Hereafte
: General Allenby's progress Will PROB
, ably become more rapid
| He will follow the railway to Da
! mascus which would mean an inlant
= campaign or he will cling to thu
. country along the Mediterranean
3 coast with the port of Beirut as hi
: objective.
: Either of these operations viii
!. necessitate the seizure of the Sea o
Galilee as defensive measure L
prevent a Turkish surprise attack
The town of Nazareth, ten mile
northeast of the Haifa-Jordan raj
I road and midway between the Med
! terranean and the southern end of tn
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