River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-09-26
BRITISH TROOPS
OCCUPY NAZARETH
GENERAL ALLENBYS FORCES ADJ
VANCE SIXTY MILES IN THE
HOLY LAND.
CAPTURE OVER 1900 TURKS
Sweeping Rapidly Forward in the
Center the British Defeat Otto
mans, While Thanking Moves
Entrap Them.

London, Sept. 23.-With the yio-
lence of the operations on the West
ern front in France considerably dim
inished in intensity, the Turks in Pal
cstine and the Bulgarians and their
allies in Macedonia are being put to
the test. But nowhere thus far have
they been able to hold back, or even
to counterfeit, the onslaughts Of their
foes. British cavalry has advanced
60 miles west of the Jordan.
In Palestine the Turks seemingly are
in the process of being crushed. In
Macedonia the Allied forces are driv-
ing sharp wedges for considerable dis
tances into the enemy fronts.
In France and Flanders where there
has not been any fighting rising in i'm
portance above patrol encounters, the
have kept the upper hand and ad
vanced their respective lines.
Nazareth Is Captured.
Of transcendant interest, for the mo-
ment, at least, are the operations of
the British General AlIenby's forces in
Palestine.
Here in less than four days the Brit
ish have swept forward in the center
between the River Jordan and the sea
and taken the famous Nazareth, while
their wings closed round in a swift
enveloping movement and nipped with
in the jaw of the great pincers all the
Ottoman forces in the coastal sector,
he plain Of Sharon, the hill region in
The center and also the Western Jor-
ian valley.
Meanwhile to the northeast, the
friendly Arab forces of the king of
the Hedjas have cut all railway COM
munication in front of the fleeing
Turks and are standing a barrier to
their escape by way Of the eastern
plains
More than $4,000 Turks have been
made prisoner by the British and guns
in excess of 120 had been counted when
the last reports from General hllenby
we're received. In addition great guam
titles of war stores had been captured,
and still others had not been counted
owing to the rapidity of the move
ment.
Many More Turks Taken.
It is not improbable that within the
bag, the strings of which have been
drawn taut, closing the mouth, thou
sands of Turks are enmeshed. Many
Of those already made prisoner, fleeing
in disorder, literally walked into the
hands of the British, not knowing
their lines Of retreat had been cut off.
Although the Turks at some points
offered considerable resistance to the
British, at no point were they able to
stay the advance, even on the famous
field of ArmageddOn, which the Brit
ish cavalry swept across and occupied
Nazareth to the north. In the opera
ton Of sewing the enemy within the
sack airmen played an important role,
vigorously bombing the retreating
Turks, inflicting enormous casualties
On them. The losses of General Allen
by are described as slight, In com
harrison with the importance Of the
movement carried out.
Italians in Macedonia.
In Macedonia, the Italians have join
ed in the fray with the British, French,
Serbian and Greek troops and are hard
after the Bulgarians and their allies,
who are being driven northward
through southern Serbia. Between the
Cerna and Vardar rivers, although the
Bulgarians and Germans are sending
I'D reinforcements, the allied troops
have continued their pressure.