Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-26
STUBBORN DEFENSE
Of GERMANS FAILS
TO CHECK ADVANCE
Teutonic Forces in Mace
donia Are Still Faced
With Disaster.
DOOM OF TURKISH SOLDIERS
IN PALESTINE is SEALED
Field Marshal Haig's Men Cap
ture Village of
Selency.
ENEMY ATTACKS BEATEN OFF
Much Uncasincss in Germany Over
Long-Range Artillery of
Americans.
DOOM OF TURKISH SOLDIERS
IN PALESTINE is SEALED
ENEMY ATTACKS BEATEN OFF
Much UncaSincss in Germany Over
Long-Range Artillery of
Americans.

The Teutonic allied forces in Mace
tdonia and Turkey still are in flight
on the highly important ST. Quentin
sector in France the British and French
more closely their lines in the invest
ment Of the town. on the northwest,
west and south. The stubborn resis.
tancc of the Germans, i'll defense and
I'm counterattacks, has been unavailing
except to impede. the progress of the
men of the armies of Field Marshal
Haig and General Pebeny. -
In Macedonia the Bulgarian and Ger
man troops arc still faced with disas-
ter; in Palestine the remaining Turks
escape from the British forces and
friendly tribesmen.. who are closing in
More than 10000 prisoners and 265
and yet General Alienby's appetite for
paiGn has not been satiated.
Guagcd by the swiftness OF the
strokes Alicnby Is delivering, It Is his
ottomans And the fulhllment OF his
plans seems appreciably near.
BULGARIANS AND GERMANS
R1TREATlNG RAPIDLY
In no less critical situation are the
Germans and Bulgarians In the Mace
DOMAIN theater. Hero. except imme-
diately on the Bulgarian frontier where
the mountainous country gives them
ground for strong resistance to the
invasion of Bulgarian territory through
the passes. the
mans everywhere are in rapid retreat
before tho Italians. Serbians. Greeks
and British. Rent in twain at several
points the enemy forces are hewildcrod
Respectively on the western and
eastern hanks the Italians and the
forward their lines in, endeavors to
cnvclop the enemy. while In the cen
ter, where the Serbs haze AYE, driven nsrs theis
no tagging, notwithstanding the diff
Gcult territory that is being encoun-
tered Rear guards of the enemy,
armed with machine guns, arc but little
DELAYING the men whose task 1t is TO
reclaim their kingdom.
As vet there is no news of great ac-
tivity in Albania. hut IA resumption OF
operations there in conjunction with
those in the cast apparently cannot
long be delayed.
1000 PRISONERS
ON the French front the British nave
taken the village OF Selency. scant
two miles from the western enVironS OF
French troops north and south OF this
line have driven further wedges into
The German front. More than l.ooo
prisoners and many machine guns nave
been taken by the British I'm these
operations Numerous strong counter
attacks were delivered by the enemy
Uaic's men put all of them down. with
heavy losses to the Germans.
The Germans have also reacted
strongly in the region lying west OF
The Chcmin- -des-Dames. endeavoring to
regain the territory held by tho French
as a menace against both the Chcm',-
dcs- Danes and the Laon SECTORS Here
also the enemy was beaten or
Good weather has returned to tho
American sector on the Lorraine front.
but nothing has occurred there except
Ihe usual reciprocal artillery pom
hardments and resumption or aeriai
activity on i great scale. AdVfcss
from Berlin arc to the effect that there
is much perturbation In Germany over
tLc lonr-distance guns or the Amer.-
cans, which are sheilinS the areas be-
hind the German line. The advices
say that preparations are being mace
fn. thc cxpeditious evacuation or the
civilians from Metz and other places
within range when sucn move oc-
comes necessary.