The sun., 1918-09-23
TURKS UNABLE
TO MAKESTAND
BEFORE BRITISH
Victorious Army Presses On
Vigorously With Cavalry
and Infantry.
ARABS HAVE A SHARE
Enemy DemOraIiZed. Bodies
Often Retiring to Points AL
ready Held by British.
HAVE A SHARE
ny W. r. MASSEY +.

Speciu! cable Dsspotch TO TBE Sun from the
London Times Se,rice.
Copyright. 1918; al rights yessrred.
BRirIsn HBADauARTERs IN PALESTINE,
Sept. 20. via Cairo, Sept. 2l (delayed).
The immense Importance OF Gen.
Allenby's victory cannot be exagger-
ated Under the pressure eXerted
thusiasm and undeterred by long
marches and much fighting, the Turk
ish army is in full retreat, and we have
driven them from wide tract Of coun-
try IN two days.
Our cavalry is in the Plain OF Es-
draelon astride of the Haifs- Beisan
railway, a few miles south of Naza-
reth The infantry is north OF the
Wadi esh Shair and the mountain pass
10 Nablus and other infantry facing
east is harassing the enemys retire
ment toward the Nablus road through
a country which favors the soldiers
who throw away their kits and en-
deavor to get free.
vast Captures of Supplies.
Thousands OF prisoners are passing
through our cages and they are still
coming in an undiminished stream. 1t
IS impossible to estimate the vast
quantity OF machine guns. motors. am
munition, stores and rolling stock we
have taken, which the Turks will find
very difficult TO replace. On the low
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great quantity of transport which is inn
movable because the men took the
horses in the effort to escape the ad-
vancing troops or because they Were
smashed by our aircraft The railway
communications have been damaged
everywhere.
The ARAB regulars and the Bedouin
levies have done invaluable service in
cutting the Hedjaz railway north and
south OF Derat and the line running to
the west Of II. Although some OF the
enemy are putting up vigorous rear
guard fights in the hills they cannot stop
our progress. Large parties of Turks
are bewildered by meeting our troops in
unexpected places and We hear contin-
ually OF Turks retiring to positions that
we occupied several hours previously
The battle is far from finished and IL is
too soon to predict the full results. but
the defeat OF the Turks was severe even
yesterday.
Passage TO samaria Closed.
The Londoners and Indians made
swift march from Wadi Falik across
marshy ground to Tulkeran. where With
the aid OF mounted brigade they
rounded up such transport as was on
the move. From Tulkeran the infantry
moved north to the railway. which the
Australians destroyed yesterday. in order
to deny this pass to Samaria to the
TurkS
Other infantry. which carried the
coastal defences In one marvellous rush,
faced east and their progress through
the rough, hilly country was rapid, con-
sidering the ease with which the noun
tain tracks could be defended by few
machine guns, Some OF them arc ap-
preaching Samaria and Mosudies. AL
though at first they resisted stubbornly.
the rear guards of the Turks now are
retreating hastily toward Affles and
Beisan, where our cavalry Is waiting
for them.
An attack near the Nab,us road,
which began the operation. was bril-
liantly conducted Welsh. Indian and
Cape battalions all shared in the sue
cess. A mixed brigade commenced n
most difficult night march on wednes-
day over the mountainous country to
the east, climbing over the watershed
and then clambering down the steep
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