Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-09-21
British, French and Arabs Pen
citrate Lines Of Enemy to
Depth Of Mile in One Day
of Fierce Fighting,
TURNING MOVEMENT is
DANGER TO ENTIRE ARMY
Large Number of Prisoners
Taken and Vast Amount of
Stores Fall Unto Hands of
AIIenby's Victorious Men.
Undated War Lead by the Associated
PreSS.l

NInuuteu war Lead by the Associated
Press.)
The Holy Land is aflame under the
impetus of a mighty stroke by the
British, French and friendly Arab
forces, and the Turks from the Jor-
dan river westward to the Mediter-
ranean seemingly are in rout
Added to their already heavy losses
in ground men killed, wounded or
made prisoners an stores capture IN
Belgium, France, Italy and the Bal
kans, the Teutonic allies, judging
from first reports of the hostilities
begun against the Ottoman in Pales-
inc are in for further extremely hard
usage.
In less han q day General Allen
fty's British forces. aided by French
troops and natives under the flag of
the king or the Hedjas struck the
Turkish line over a front of sixteen
miles and penetrated it to a deph of
twelve miles, taking more than 1000
Turks prisoner and overrunning the
entire hostile defensive system Rail-
way and highway junction points were
captured and strong forces of cav
airy at last accounts were well in adj
Nance of the attacking troops, threat
ening to carry out a turning move
ment against the fleeing Turks which
might prove disastrous to them. Mean
while along the shores of the Med
iterranean naval units were clearing
the coastal roads of the enemy by
their gun fire.
Many Prisoners Taken.
IN addition to the large number
of prisoners taken great quantities of
war materials had fallen into the
hands of the allied troops and the
pressure against the enemy was going
IN unabated.
The predicament of the Turks Is
heightened by the operations of the
Hedjas tribesmen on the east side
OF the Jordan which will prevent them
from taking refuge across the stream
in the Jordan valley and compel them
to fight their way out of their trouble
west of the river as best they may.
Although there has been somewhat
of letup in the intensity of the
l'Shb HUM the IeSlOH OF Luen-
tin to Cambrai in the French theater.
both the British and French armies
have been able materially to better
their positions in front of both Cam
brai and st. Quentin. Moeuvres, "
ing to the west of Cambria. over
which there has been such intensive
fighting for more than 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 tho
value they placed on Moeuvres as a
point of strategic Importance in the
defense of Cambrai.
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 and apparently 1t is only
matter OF time when General Foch
will give the order for the pressure
of the pinoes and the capture of St
Quentin.
Counter attacks Fail
the Germans still are using machine
guns in large numbers to hold back
the French from further eneroach-
ments on the Chemin Des Danes po-
sition and also are launching heavy
counter-attacks 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 further fighting has develop |
ed on the front held by the Ameri-
cans north of St Mihiel, but Amert- |
can long range guns are heavily she'll |
ing the big German fortress of Metz. |
In Macedonia the British. Serbians.
French and Greeks continue hard |
after the Bulgarians. driving tfe |
enemy before them and taking large |
of prisoners
In northern Russia the allied
troops have gained further successes
over the enemy forces.