The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-09-25

River to MediIerranean-Ihrcc
Thousand Prisoners Captured II.
One Days Fighting.
The Holy Land is aflame under tha
impetus OF mighty stroke by the
British, French and friendly Arab
forces, and the Turks from the Jor-
dan river westward to the Medlter-
ranean seemingly are in rout.
Added to their already heavy losses
IN ground, men killed, wounded or
made prisoners, and stores captured
in Belgium, France, Italy and the
Balkans, the Teutonic allies, judging
from first reports of the hostilities
begun against the Ottoman in Pales-
tine, are IN for further extremely hard
usage.
In less than a day General Allen
.5y's British forces, aided oy French
troops and natives under the flag of
the king Of the HedJas, struck the
Turkish line over front of Is miles
and penetrated it to depth Of II
miles, taking more than 5000 Turks
prisoners and overrunning the entire
hostile defensive system. Railway
and highway junction points were
Eeaptured and strong forces Of cavalry
at last accounts wsrezMsll in advance
iaof the attacking troops, threatening
to carry out a turning movement
against the fleeing Turks which
might prove disastrous to them
Meanwhile along the shores of the
Mediterranean naval units were clear
ing the coastal roads Of the enemy by
their gunfre.
In addition to the large number o;
prisoners taken great quantities OF
war materials had fallen into the
hands of the allied troops and the
pressure against the enemy was going
On. unabated.
The predicament Of the Turks is
heightened by the operations OF the
Hedjas tribesmen on the eastern side
of the Jordan, which will prevent
them from taking refuge across the
stream in the Jordan Valley and com :
pei them to fight their way out OF
their trouble west of the river as best
they may.
Although there has been somewhat
of a let up in the intensity OF the
fighting from the region Of st. Quen-
tin to Cambria in the French theater
both the British and French armies
have been able materially 10 better
their positions in front'of both Cam
brai and ST. Quentin.
Moevres, west Of Cambria, owe,
which there has been much intensive
fighting for more than a week, In
which the town several times changed
hands, now is definitely British. The
large numbers Of German dead streW-
ing the ground around it attest the
value they placed on Moevres as a
point of strategic value in the de-
fense Of Cambria.
To the south on both sides of st.
Quentin the British and French have
moved in more closely the jaws of the
nipper which is being poised ulti-
mately to pinch st. Quentin out of the
battle line. Most Of the German
strong points which have been the
means of holding back the allied
troops in this region now have been
overcome, dIlO; dpoe1t IL 10 Willy ~
matter of time when. Gen. Foch will
give the order for the pressure of the
pincers and the capture of st. Quen-
tin.
In the REGION northeast Of SCISSORS
the Germans are still using machine
guns in large numbers to hold back
the French from further encroach-
n1ents on the min-des-Dames po-
sitions and also are launching heavy
counterattacks in endeavors to expel
the French from the positions they
have attained. Notwithstanding these
strenuous efforts, however, the
French have gained further ground
northeast of Vailly.
Little fighting has developed on the
front held by the Americans north Of
st. Mihiel but American long range
guns are heavily shelling the big
German fortress at Metz.
In Macedonia the British, Servians,
French and Greeks, continue hard al"
ter the BulgarianS driving the enemy
before them and taking large num-