The Sentinel=record., 1918-09-21
lRv the AssocIated Pressl

(By the Associated Press,l
 Holy land is aflame under the i'm petus of q mighty stroke by the Brit ish, French and friendly Arab forces and the Turks from the Jordan vest ward 10 the Mediterranean seemingly are in Tout
 Added to the already heavy losses in around. men killed, wounded or made prisoner. and stores captured in Bel gium, France. Italy and the Balkans. the Teutonic allies, judging from first reports of the hostilites begun against the Ottoman in Palestine, are in for further extremely hard usage.
 In less than day General Allenby's s British forces, aided by French troops and natives under the flag of the King of the Hedjahs struck the Turkish inc over a front of 5 miles and penetrated it to q deGth of twelve miles. taking more than 5000 Turks prisoners and overrunning the entire hostile defens- i've system. Railway and highway junction roints were captured and strong forces oi cavalry at last ac- counts were well in advance of the at tacking troops threatening to carry out a turning movement against the flee ing Turks which might prove disas- trous to them Meanwhile. adong the shores of the Mediterranean naval units were clearing the coastal roads of the enemy by their gun fire
 In addition 70 the large number of prisoners taken great quantities of war material had fallen nto the hands of the allied troops and the pressure against the enemy was going on una batoG.
 The predicament of the Turks is heightened by the operations Of the Hedjahs tribesmen on the eastern 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 can.
 Although there has been somewhat Of a let-up i'll the intensity of the fight ing in the region of St Quentin b Cambrai in the French theatre, both the British and French armies haze been able materially to better the pO- sltions in front of both Cambrai and St Quentin.
 Moeuvres. lying to the west of Cam hrai, over which there has been much intensive fighting for more than a week. in which the town several times changed hands now is definitely Brit ish The large numbers of German dead streVing the ground around it at test the value they placed on Moeuvres as a point of strategic value in the defense of Cambrai.
 To the south on both sides of St Quentin the British and French haze 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 appar- ently it is only a matter of time when General Foch will give the order foi the pressure of the pincers and the capture of St. Quentin
 In the region northeast of Soisson' the Germans are still using machine guns in large numbers to hold back the French from further encroahcments cl the Chomin des--Dames positions ant also are launching heavy counter at tacks in endeavors to eXpel the Frencl from the positions they have attained
 Notwithstanding these srenuous ct forts, however. the French have gaine' further ground northeast of Vailly.
 Little further fighting has deyelope' on the front held by the American north of St Mihiel, but American lon range guns are heavily smelling the bi Geman fortresses of Metz. In Mace donia. the British, Serbians, Frenc and Greeks continue hard after tn Bulgarians, driving the enemy befOr them and taking large numbers c prisoners.
 In Russia the allied troops hay gained further success over the enc my forces.