The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-09-25
ALLIES GIVING NO REST
TO THE ENEMY FORCES
South From the Omignon River Gen.
Haig's Army Has Swept
Forward and Taken 500
Prisoners
SMASHING BLOWS IN EAST
Capture of Prilep by French Indicates
Allies Moving Swiftly to Prevent
Junction of Separated Armies

the Entente Allied forces are giving
the already badly beaten Bulgarans,
Germans and Turks no rest, while in
France the British and French are
continuing to draw thci rnct more
closeis about St. Quentin and the re-
naming elements OF the Hindenburg
line in this immediate region.
In Macedonia the situation of the
Bulgarians and Germans daily grows
more critical as the Allied forces
steadily maintain their pressure
against them. In Turkey the latest
operations of the British and Arab
tribesmen friendly to the Allied cause
seemingly forecast the complete de-
struction or capture of the Ottoman
troops in Palestine on both sides of
The River Jordan.
A All But Enveloped
St. Quentin, through tn latest ad-
vances of the British and French, is
all but cnvcloped, and to the north
the strong enemy line protecting Cam
prai has been further cncroachcd upon
by Field Marshal Haig's men.
On hundrcd-milc front in Mace
Lake Doi-an the entire Entente armies
donia in the region of Monastir to
have pressed further forward against
the demoral;zcd Bulgarians and Ger
mans, whose reinforcements have not
been able to stiffen the line. for face
about. North of Monastir the import
ant strategic position of Prilep has
been occupied, thus giving control Of
the nun nrous roads radiating from it
to tn french cavalry.
&r Serbian Wedge
In the center the Scrb:ans have
pushed their wedge further in between
the enemy's western and eastern
armis, while on the extreme eastern
flank the British and Greeks have ad-
vanced along both sides of the Vardar
to a depth averaging about ten miles,
over front Of twenty miles. No
where arc the Entente commanders
permitting the Bulgarians and Ger
mans to lose contact with the advanc-
ing troops who are harassing them
vigorously. So badly has the hundred
mile line been penetrated or battered
that immediate dire calamity SEEM
ingly faces the enemy unless the re-
treat is greatly hastened and unless
the enemy is fleet enough of foot to
outdistance the Allies on the wings of
the drive and reconstitute his front to
the north with it's center resting pos
sibly on Uskub or thercabouts. Even
if such manoeuver is possible,
doubtless it will be necessary for the
enemy to straighten his line westward
through Albania to the Adriatic sea-
To Prevent Junction
That the Allied flanks are moving
swiftly to prevent the separated arm
les from joining up is indicated in the
capture Of Prilep and the advance of
the. British to the north of Lake
Dorian.
The manocuvers point to an attempt
at rolling up movements Of great pro-
portions by the Allies.
In Palestine the British on the
coast have taken the important towns
Of Haifa and Acre, while east of the
Jordan the Turks are everywhere VI
retreat, hard pressed by the British
and the tribesmen OF the King of
Hedjah. Inside the big sack, the neck
of which was sewn up by the British
in their initial drive, many more pris-
oners have been taken and aggregate
now and greatly exceeds the $4,000
officially reported.
British Advance Line
To the west of st. Quentin, over
front Of four miles, running south
from the Omignon river, the British
have materially advanced their front
notwithstanding the desperate resist.
ance Of the enemy aI,t taken about
800 prisoners Hard fighting is in
progress at Helenoy, scant two miles
from the western outskirts Of ST..
Quentin. Around Epehy and further
north in the Cambria sector the Brit
ish positions in front of the linden
burg line have been bettered. In Elan
ders the British have recaptured n
portion of their old trench system
south Of Ypres.
That the Germans, even though the
weather conditions preclude infantry