Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-09-26
BRITISH WIPE OUT
TWO TURK ARMIES;
10000 ARE TRAPPED
25.O0O Prisoners and 200 Guns
Captured in Palestine.
BULGkRS IN FULL RETREAT
Allied Troops Pursue Foes in Mace
donia and Capture 10,00o-Italians
Win 16 Towns-Serbs Cut
Main Rail Line.

London. Sept. 24-Reports from the
Palestine front indicate that none Oh
the Turkish force Of at least 4O,OOO
men trapped by the British through
the seizure Of the last Of the passages
of the Jordan can possibly get away.
Virtually the entire Turkish force
is or Will be accounted for in killed,
wounded and prisoners. Hundreds OF
stragglers are being found wandering
about in the mountainous country aim
lessly. without a leader of purpose
$4,000 Taken Prisoner.
The Turks had seven divisions south
of Nazareth and west Of the Jordan,
but the exact total cannot be deter
mined owing to the weakness OF some
of the Turkish divisions, the totals OF
the different units varying.
twenty-five thousand Turkish priS-
oners and 2G0 guns had been counted
up to yesterday evening by General
Allenby'S forces pushing northWard
through Palestine, according to an OF
fetal statement issued by the war Of
fee.
Two Armies Wiped Out.
The war office announcement says
that the Seventh and Eighth turkish
armies virtually have ceased to exist.
The entire transport OF these TWO
armies was captured by the British.
Seizure by the British of the cross
ings Of the Jordan at Jisr-ed-Dameer
on Sunday morning shut the last ave-
nue. of escape to the Turks west OF
the Jordan.
The total of $4,000 prisoners report
ed, however, is believed to be far less
than the final count will show, as at
last reports prisoners were still being
brought in.
The cleanup effected by General AL
lenby, which is pointed to here as the
quickest and most complete OF the en-
tire war, is counted as having definite
" deprived the Turks Of Palestine. In
addition, besides the personnel OF their
army, the defeat has cost them an i'm
menee amount of war material.
Chast's Boyhood Home.
Nazareth, according to biblical his
tory, is mentioned as the village to
which Joseph and Mary, the parents
of Christ, returned from Egypt. There
the unrecorded years of Christs boy
hood were spent.
The town is located in a hollow OF
the hills on the southern border of the
nIain of FSdraleOn
From the name of Nazareth comes
''Nazarones," the oriental word for
Christians. 1t was in Nazareth, ac-
cording to the Bible, that Christ
preached a sermon that led to his re-
lection by his fellow townsmen.
BuIgar Army in Full Retreat.
Paris, Sept. 24-French, Serbian,
British. Italian and Greek armies all
continued TO advance against the Bull
CARS and Germans in Macedonia, &C
cording TO dispatches received from the
front. The enemy has been forced to
evacuate the whole line from Dorian
to a point west of the Vadar river.
Entente allied cavalry was three
miles from the Bulgarian frontier in
the region of StrumitZa, according to
latest reports. The Eleventh German
division was reported to have been cui
from the main Bulgarian army and to
be retreating in disorder.
The news dispatches say the First
Bulgarian army in the region OF Mo-
nastir and Prilep has been cut Off from
II hn
in the Dorian sector.
BuIoars in Full Retreat.
The Franco Serbian troops are pur-
suing the Bulgarian army, which is
in full retreat. The entente allies now
command the mountain zone, from
which they will be able to debouch III
the plains. The Serbians have already
captured between 5000 and 10000
prisoners and 120 guns.
The Italian troops in Macedonia
have advanced an average OF more
than seven miles in pursuit Of the
Germans and Bulgarians and have
taken sixteen villages and numerous
prisoners, according to a report froL
the Rome war office.
AS the result of the heavy pressure
of the entente allied forces, the enemy
has evacuated the whole line from
Dorian to a point west Of the Fardar
Serbs Cut Rail Lines.
Serbian troops have cut the mair
railway line between Uskub and Salon
Xxi and are on the western bank of the
yardar river, according to the Serbian
official statement of Sunday. Since
September 10 the Serbians have ad