Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-23

along a total OF fully $50 miles. The
horscmon. The main line OF attack
= stretched from Belt DeJan. eight miles
east of the Mediterranean at fafa. to
j the north OF Nazareth.
l El Alfuah. eight miles south Of Naz.
areth and fifteen miles northwest of
Beisan. also has been occupied.
don says Allenhy's report of Friday.
received here to-day. we occupied
Nazareth Afule and Beisar. collecting
the disorsan!zcd masses OF the enemy
troops and transport from the south.
''All of the enemy's avenues OF es-
cape. save the Jordan fords. between
Eeisan and JisrelDamich have been
And on the following day, Allenby.
the modern crusader, was able 10 tele
s graph to The War Office:
I'VE hold Nazareth and the passages
OF tho Jordan. Eighteen thousand
prisoners, 100 guns counted.
ANCIENT BIBLICAL
HISTORY RECALLED
L. the same dispatch Sir Edmund de-
scribed how his infantry. pivoting It's
left wing upon BlraSur. had establish
ed line from Bcit Dcian, 'houSe OF
Dragon" national deity OF the fhilis-
tines. to Samaria lSebasti- leh). which
was the capital OF the Kingdom OF
lsraeal before IL WAS destroyeu by the
Assyrlans in 722 Il. g.. TO Birasur. Sn-
maria lies seven miles TO the north
~
,Meanwhlle, nearly seventy miles to
the north OF the mfantry's pivot, AL
lenby'S cavalry. operating from JeniH,
seventeen miles north OF Nablus and
from i5e san. uaShed northeastward 10
lei Afuleh and Nazareth ana, establish
ing "a soud me south and west OF the
hills OF CAliicc, closed the door OF the
Realizing their plight, the ottoman
forces made Il wild daSn Tor the Jor-
dan Valley. in the direction OF Jisrel-
Damieh.
BRITISH AIRPLANES
ATTACH FLEEING TURKS
On this last desperate flight, terror
and death were struck in their midst
from q new foe. overhead apPeaTeu
a vast fleet OF British battle planes.
scattering bombs and sending unendinS
streams of machine-Gun ire into the
fleeing ribbons of what week ago
was strong and defiant compact Turk
iSh army.
isolated columns of Turks succeeding
in crossing the Jordan in the hope OF
vending weary way through the
Syrian Desert toward Damascus. where
Falkenhayn is repuied TO Rave ms
headquarters now, vii! encounter still
another foe. There. TO the southeast
of the Lake OF Genncsaret. strong
force of Arabs is waiting to wreak
vengeance on the hated Sultan's sub
jects-Araba's subjectors. These
Arabs are dsmolishins all railways ra-
dating from: pS.a. The Die base thirty
the Jordan ard Yrrnuk Rivers. Their
work Of destruction is especially ef-
fective in the Ia.mUk Valley, through
which the escaping Turks must fee.
Large quantities. Of transports, four
aeroplanes. many locomotives much
rolling stock and untold stores of ma
terial and supplies are included in the
British booty.
Allenby's greatest strategic blow
came a staggering blow to the Otto
mans and their German allies. who
have been hesieEing the ears of the
waverinE sutton with the monotonous
repetition of We'll look out for you"
Says Allenby's report of the Goth:
"A German aviator carrying mail
landed in our midst not knowing that
British troops were holding FL Afule
We destroyed the machine and took
the aviator prisoner"
The beginning OF the end Of the
Turkish Ablus army came on Friday.
The OSTan resistance collapsed every
where except on their left in the Jor-
dan Valley
The British right advancing through
extremely difficult country encountered
desperate resistance. but smashed
through tho line khan-Ji- Rcit- Essa-
wieh. Meanwhile Allenby's left reached
the lire from Bidieh. fifteen miles
southwest of Nah!us. to Baka. nine
miles west OF Nablus. TO Messudieh
Then began a great convcrEinG move
ment on Nahlus, which is still under
way.