Arizona republican., 1918-11-01
Battle Summary
(By the Associated Press)

Turkey is out of the war and Ger manys remaining ally, Austria Hum gary. badly defeated on the field of battle, her battle line rent in twain. and with chaos reigning inside her borders is pleading for an armistice. Thus far her mportunities have Io- received no better answer than the redoubling of the efforts of the allies to crush utterly her warriors.
 The capitalization of INrkey is be- lieved to have been an unconditional one. The victories of the allied forces over the Austro Hungarians threaten to send what remains Of the enemy armies reeling back to their border line shattered and completely van quished.
 More than fifty thousand prisoners have been taken by the Italians Brit ish. French, American and CZecho SloVak forces, and everywhere, from the mountain region to the plains of Venetia, the enemy is being sorely tried. In the mountains where stiff resist ance had been offered to keep the foe from entering the back door of Aus tria, the enemys front is cracking under the violence of the attacks and important strategic positions are be- ing lost. To the east of the PiaVe the allies have driven in q sharp wedge, to the northeast of Belluno, some 20 miles from their original point of de- parture. and severed connection be- tween the krmies in the north and those on the Venetian plains.
 Over the plains leading toward the Austrian frontier. at the Isonzo river. the invaders everywhere are in full flight, with the allied troops pressing them hard. Here the debacle seems to be complete. Te enemy in his flight is leaving beind large numbers of guns and great quantities of war stores. as he endeavoIS to reach the passages over the Taglamento river. It seems not improbable that on the plains, and in the region east and west or Belluno, large numbers of the en- emy are destined to be captured.
 On the western battle front, there still is little fighting of violent char acter. but | .e intensive operations of the dirmeI seem to presage an early return of battles of major importance In Belgium both the British and Bel glan troops have made slight gains, While the French on the southern part of the line, in France have advanced l thelr line and taken prisoners. Aside from reciprocal artillery duels and con tinued aerial raids by the Americans and Germans, the American sectors ] east and west of the Mouse have been comparatively quiet.
 In the Serbian theater. the Austro- l Hungarian eastern army has succeeded in outdistancing the Serbians. and reaching their home territory across | the Danube. In Mesopotamia the 1 Turkish army. which for so long held up the British in their attempts to pro- | ceed up the Tigris river, which lately has been suffering severe defeats. has surrendered in its entirety to the Brit ish commander
 Through the defection of Turkey. the plight of the Teutonic allies becomes a critical one. The gateway to the east ern boundaries of Germany and Hun gary is opened by way of the Darda- nelles and the Bosphorus, and doubt less shortly, allied fleets will invade the Black sea and begin operations in this heretofore unattainable region Such warShSps as the Germans have afloat in the Black sea. including the Russian Black sea fleet, will prove no barrier to the mighty floating fortresses the en- tente can impose against them.
 Shattered little Rumania, by the col = lapse of Turkey, again is likely soon to be inside the entente fold, and aiding in the operations against the nations which crushed her. Likewise the arm istice which lets Turkey out of the war, is menace to the enemy in Russia. and is likely to prove of the greatest value in Quickening a return of normal conditions in that country.