Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-10-03

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n men who came to America to help:
issimo of the Turkish forces, was in.
command there and He'd from Nazas
reth just in time to avoid capture.
General Allenby deserves the greater
credit for his success because he hnG
to send many of his troops To ttllc
West front In Europe during the sum
nner and was compelled to re0rganize
his expedition. The end of his drive
is not vet in sight,
How the leaders of the Young Turks.
the tools of Germany, will weather this
storm of defeat is I, question. Already,
IL is reported, they are deposlting ,lleis
wealth i'm Swiss banks.
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In Serbia, where another German
general, Won Steuben. is in supreme
command Of the forces of the central
powers, the successes of the allies
were no less thani those in Palestine
and perhaps of greater immediate I'M
pertance. Having driven their great
spearhead nortllward in the center Of
the line along the Vardar river. they
crossed that river and by Tuesday the
Serbians had reached the outskirts of
lshtip. an important Bulgarian base.
Then the allies, turned to both the cast
and west In a great aanking move.
ment. On the west the Serbians, rout-
Ing German garrison, took Gradskn.
capturing an enormous quantity of SUI /,
plies, Including II number of guns. Tfiey
and the French operating with them
passed far beyond Prilep toward Kru-
shevo and Kichevo. which arc IN the
foothills of the mountains separating
Serbia and Albania. They occupied
Vcles north Of Prliep, Thursday.
Thus the allies gained control of the
entire MOnastir-Gradsko road, cutting
the Bulgarian army into number of
groups. Still further west the Italians
took Il hand in the Joyful proceedings.
pursuing the fleeing Bulgarians relent-
.iessly.
East of tile Vartlar the Bulgars and
Germans were steadily forced back to-
ward the frontier, and on Thursday
came the news that British and Greek
forces had actually invaded Bulgaria
at Kosturin0. about six miles south of
Strumnitza, the Teutonic base of that
region. In the Luke Doiran region the
resistance Of the enemy has been
stronger, but there too the British and
Greeks were making daily gains. AS
soOn as they shall have driven the
Bulgars from Il llilly triangle in that
sector, 1t is pointed out. they will
be able to put into commission again
the Uskub- Saloniki railroad and CON
vey plentiful supplies to the troops.
AS the allies advanced they We're
Joined by the peasants, and among the
prisoners taken were many Serbians
who had been forced to serve In the
Bulgarian army. 1t is noteworthy that
among the allies fighting in this region
II big contingent OF Jugo-Slays. In
the advance of the allies the tanks cut
a considerable Agure. These engines
Of war never before had been on such
II rough, mountainous terrain.
II was the general opinion that Bull
garia. as belligerent, was doomed by
the disastrous defeat in Macedonia.
Already She was sore ut Germany and
Turkey and u great part of the nation,
lea by the queen, was really in sym
patty with the allies. The recent ter.
ritic blows to German military prestige
will make the Bulgarians more than
ever anxious to break with the kaiser,
on whose promises of Balkan hegem-
ony they had relied. According to
information from Switzerland, King
Ferdinand appealed to Field Marshal
Won MGckensen, who was in Bucharest.
to take command of the Bulgarian arm
les and save his country from invasion.
A ministerial crisis with an entire
change Of foreign policy is imminent,
aid owing to raciflst demonstrations
~ Sofia that city was placed under
martial law. Some authorities. believe
Grown Prince Boris will be made re-
gem.
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Progress by the allies in Ptcarly was
slow but sure during the week. The
Huns were desperately trying to save
ST. Quentin, but despite their repeated
ccunter-attacks, which were especially
fierce In the region of Epehy, the Brit
lsli continued to close down on that
city frcm the west and north, while the
French completed its Investment on the
south. The reactions Of the Germans
We're powerful and they sacrificed great
numbers Of men. At times the British
We're compelled to give ground, but In
Almost every instance this was imme-
diately recovered. Gricourt and Pom
t:nst both virtually on the Hlndenbure