The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-25
allied Advance in Macedonia
and Palestine Continuous-No
Organized Resistance.
ST. QUENTIN FALL
EXPECTED AT ONCE
French Penetrate Centre of Hin
Genburg Line-Allenby Won
Against Over 100000 Turks.

Both in Macedonia and in Palestine
the entente forces are giving the
btUgarians, Germans and Turks no rest,
While in France the British ana French
are continuing to draw a net more
c.psely about St. Quentin and the re-
naming elements of the Hindenburg
line in that region.
In Turkey the latest operations of
the British forecast a complete de-
suuction of the Ottoman troops on
both sides of the Jordan. The hum
dred mile line in Macedonia has been
penetrated so that dire calamity SEEM
insy faces the enemy.
The allies are moving swiftly to pre-
nj the separated flanks of the Bull
-arnn armies joining UP. The maneu-
Wis Indicate rolling up movements of
srcat proportions by the allies.
Huns in Full Retreat.
With their center broken by the on
slaught of the French. Serbian and
Italian armies, with the British and
Greeks sweeping over the strongest de-
lenses in the Lake Doiran and with
their railroad communications virtual
fy destroyed, the Bulgarian, Austro-
hungarian and German armies on the
Macedonian front have begun a retreat
which seems to threaten disaster.
over front of 90 miles the Teutonic
allies are streaming back in disorder.
On the west, they are trying to reach
Frilep from the vicinity OF Monastir.
tut Priiep is outaanked by the adj
'aucing Serbians. The railroad from
Isbub to Saloniki. forming the chief
a~fery of communication for the bul-
Ijrian forces around Lake Dorian has
ieen cut by the Serbians, who have
lrNed the Nar1ar. In the center the
ei emy resistance appears to be COM
pctely broken and the French and
Sc"1'ans are moving northward at
rate which indicates the absence OF
aEy c,Eanized resistance.
TIE disaster which threatens the
',eu,rI ic armies on this front is one
"i "a may change the whole COM
IlcHicn of affairs in the Balkans. The
cEcny armies appear to have been
split il twain and forced to retreat
rrrthward over mountain roads which
arc. il. a majority of cases, merely
pa lts It is probable that the retro
de movement will spread to the
r1Seward of Lake Doiran and involve
u'e whole front
British Best Turks.
There is every reason to believe that
The Turks in Palestine are in position
similar to that in which the Teutonic
forces in Macedonia find themselves.
Mv6nCing British and French and Arab
loreos appear to have envelQped
large portion of the sultan's armies
and tu have broken the resistance of
those which were not trapped alon9
the Jordan by the rapid progress of
tie ei!;cs along the coastal region
81. Quentin, the center of the Hin
d"l5urE line between La Fere, on the
south and Cambrai on the North. ap-
pears tC be doomed. French units
have reached the Disc river between
N7ndouil and Tra1ecy. while the Brit
'SA seem to be in a position to launch
? nio" along the line to the north OF
tho' ity which will make a German
'FHr"msnt from the place Imperative.
NF'ady st. Quentin appears to have
est its tactical value to the Germans.
The Somme canal, one of the .iuteg-
raj parts of the defenses of the city is
lLdrf direct fire of the allied guns
N1.la the railroad lines must be TN
'-r constant bombardment.
AlIenby Successful.
London. Sept. 23.-General Allenby's
] Fm1rkabIe success in Palestine was
FhtSved against total enemy strength
10000 Turks. according to official
tSp4tches reaching London. Figures
IN the number of men in the Turk
- army in the holy land have hither-
4 - referred to merely rifle strength.
ne Turkish forces held positions of
"e7tonal strength with three lines
"9lt dug trenches and abundant ar
ietE and machine gun protection.