The sun., 1918-09-23
Allenby's Men in 80 Mile
Advance Sweep Enemy
From Holy Land.
HEAPS OF TURK DEAD
British Capture 1N Guns,
Locomotives and Much
Other Material.
ARMIES IN FULL FLIGHT
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Remnant Of Crescent Forces
Hurrying Across the Jordan,
Where Arabs Await.
ARMIES IN FULL FLIGHT
Sptc.at Gable Despd,ch TO The suN and ,As
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Copvr1ht. 1918: oil Ti0hfs Jtseroed.
LONDON. Sept. 2o.--Nazareth. the
holy shrine of Christian Civilizations
indeed practically the whole of Is
raelitish Palcstine--is to-day In the
hands of the British army. whose vie.
tory over the Turks is much greater
than was reported day or two ago.
The Turkish army, although 1t was
found TO be larger than was expected.
has been completely broken up. and
the Christian Powers are again in
possession of the Holy Land.
More than $1,000 Turkish prisoners
were taken west of the Jordan, with
120 guns. four airp!anes and nh I'M
mense amount of transport. railway
rolling stock. and locomotives. The
total British advance from The start
is sixty miles.
Turkish CasuaIties Heavv
British cavalry are gulloplng TO-
ward the shores Of the Sea of Gali,ce
and are finding little left to oppose
their sweep. No estimate has been
made Of the number OF Turkish dead.
but it Is very large the British casu.
allies. on the other hand. are remark
ably light. The Turkish losses ore
likely 10 be very much greater than
The figure stated. rs what is left Of
orTn, il. I'm,
and the British have cut OF all meth.
ods of eSress except few fords over
the Jordan east of Nazareth. If they
cross the river they VIII fall into the
hands Of the Arabs. who are waiting
for them.
The battle provided one of the great
cavalry rides Of history. For sixty
miles, perhaps more, the British yco-
manry, the Australian light horsemen
and the turbaned indian squadrons
pressed swiftly forward. around and
behind the fleeing Turks. Divergiug
squadrons Numbered through tho
sacred valleys and over historical
fields that OF Armu geddon. for in
stance. in their dash for the railroads
and the enemy supply centres and In
their rush to seize the Jordan fords
and roads.
Damascus Railway Controlled.
The Haifa- BeiSan railroad is theirs
with all the rolling stock on il: the
main line TO Damascus also is under
their control. They hold all the good
roads going north and the few fords
still left. to the Turks on the Jordan
are not available for wheeled traffic.
From the north the chances of getting
help are very slim. The Arabs not
only have cut the main Damascus rail-
way line but have occupied a consider
able section OF II.
East OF the Jordan the Turks Hln
are showing fight, but their position is
almost hopeless. for the Arab forces
have cut the Hedjaa railway both
north ana south Of them.
Gen. Allenby has followed Napolcon's
plan for invading Syria The northern
half OF Palestine il cut OFF from the
southern half by the plain OF F,sdrae-
Ion, which runs right across the coun-
try from the sea to the Jordan. AT
the sea end OF the plain Is Acre; at the
river end Beisan, the Biblical Beth
shan, which dcfed the Crusaders,
where the Arabs dealt the Old By2an-
tine rule its death blow.
Navy Played important Part.
The Times says the Turkish army
in Palestine has ceased To exist. The
navy helped III the coastal advance,
inst as II fought IN Napolcon'S in
vasion ut Acre Tho liberation OF
Palestine seems to bc an accomplished
fact of far reaching moral influence in
the Christian, Jewish and Moslem
worlds,
A telegram sent from Italian head
quarters on Saturday asserts on cred
ible authority that Turkey and Ger
many concluded a secret treaty before
Marshal Foch began his advance by
which Turkey was allowed a free hand
In Persia and Germany was to get
important financial and other conces-
sions in Asia Minor; Austria was 70
have certain advantages In the BAL
kans.
The plan of Gen. Allouhy, like that
of Napoleon, WAS to advance along The
maritime plain through sharon into
Esdraclon, 80 cutting or tho strong
places Of Samaria from It's northern
communications, Napoleon met and
defeated the Turks at Tabor, not far
from the Biblical Gilboa; Allenby had
the advantage OF the help of abe Arabs
g.