Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-23

per hand and advanced their re.
spective lines.
OF transoendant interest, for the
moment at least. are the operations
OF General Allenby's forces In Pale.
stine. Here In less than four days
the British have swept forward 10
the center between the river Jordan
and the Mediterranean sea,
ana taken famous Nazereth while
their wings closed around q swift
enveloping movement and nipped
within the NAV OF the great plncer
all the Ottoman forces IN tho coastal
sector. the plain Of Sharon. the hiil
, region In the center and also the
western Jordan valley
Arshs Cut Roads.
Meanwhile TO the northeast the
friendly Arab forces OF the kinK Of
the hadjas have cut all railway COM
munication In front OF the fleeing
Turks and are standing a barrier 70
their escaps by way OF the eastern
plains.
More than $1,000 Turks had been
made prisoner rsby the British and
guns In excess Of i20 had been
counted when the iaat reports from
General Allenby were received. In
addition great quantities OF war
stores had been captured ana some
others had not been counted owing
tolthe rapldity OF the m6vement
II II not improbable that within
the bag, the strings Of which have
been drawn taut, closing the mouth
Thousands OF Turks ara enmeshed.
ManW al a. A. a
rr fleeing in disorder. literally
walked Into the hands OF the Brit
ish. not knowing their ilnes Of re-
treat had been cut off.
Although the Turks At aoms
points offered considerable resist ;
ance 10 the British, at no point were
they able 10 stay me Advance eyen
on the famous field OF Armageddon,
which the British cavalry swept
across and occupied Nazareth 10 the
north. In the operation OF sew
inE the enemy within thu sack, air
men played an important role, Wig
orously bombing the retreatins
Turks. inftlcting enormous casual.
ties on them. The losaas OF General
Allcnby nre described as slight IN
comparison with the Importance OF
the movement carried out
Italy Gains.
In Macedonia, the ItNllans have
Joined tho fray with this British,
French, Serbian and Greek troops
and are hard after the BulRarians
driven northward through Serbia
Between tho Cerne and Vardar riV-
ers. although the nulgarians and
Germans are sending up reinforce
ments, the allied troops have con
tinued their pressure The Ser
bians west Of the Vardareriver have
crossed the priiep-lshtl road at
kavsrdar. which constitutes an Ad-
vance Of more than 7B miles into
their once held territory To the
enst OF Monaailr the Italians have
begun operations In the Cerna bend
and have taken several ponitions.
while between the CernA and the
Nardar the French also have met
with successes
On tho French front tho British
north or the Scarpc river advanced
their line on a two-mile front. while
east Of Epchy lying between Cam
hrai ana 81 Quentin, aand at sew
ernl other points on this sector In
strong fghlng they captured Ger.
man positions. On that part OF The
front held by tho French there was
little activity except by the oppos
Ing artillery which at times was
heavy
ON tho Lorraine front bhei Amer
leans have carried Nt9O5Succens.
fol raids against the GerfnansNand
taken prisoners. Fh addition sAne
casualties were inflicted on Ne
enemy Several Guns also were cap
tured