Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-10-02
BRITISH WIPE OUT
TWO TURK ARMIES
100000 ARE TRAPPED
$4,000 Prisoners and 200 Guns
Captured in Palestine.
ALLIES WIN BULGAR BASE
Town of PriIep Captured and Enemy's
Army Is in Peril of Being Ami
hilated - Serbs Take 10000
Prisoners in Great Drive
in Macedonia.

London, Sept. 24.-RepOrts from the
Palestine front indicate that none OF
the Turkish force of at least 10000
men trapped by the British through
the seizure of the last of the passages
of the Jordan can possibly get away.
Virtually the entire Turkish force
is or will be accounted for In killed.
wounded and prisoners. Hundreds OF
stragglers are being found wandering
about in the mountainous country aim
lessly, without leader Of purpose
$4,000 Taken Prisoner.
The Turks had seven divisions south
of Nazareth and west of the Jordan,
but the exact total cannot be deter
mined owing to the weakness of some
of the Turkish divisions, the totals OF
the different units varying.
Twenty-Five thousand Turkish pris-
oners and 260 guns had been counted
up to yesterday evening by General
Allenbys forces pushing northward
through Palestine, according to an Of
fetal statement issued by the war Of
fee.
Two Armies Wiped Out.
The war office announcement says
that the Seventh and Eighth Turkish
armies virtually have ceased to exist.
The entire transport of these two
armies was captured by the British.
Seizure by the British of the cross
ings of the Jordan at Jisr-ed-Dameer
on Sunday morning shut the last ave-
nue. of escape to the Turks west of
the Jordan.
The cleanup effected by General AL
lenby, which is pointed to here as the
quickest and most complete of the en-
tire war, is counted as having definite
ly deprived the Turks of Palestine. In
addition, besides the personnel of their
army, the defeat has cost them an I'M
mense amount of war material.
Christ's Boyhood Home.
Nazareth, according to biblical his
tory, is mentioned as the village to
which Joseph and Mary, the parents
of Christ, returned from Egypt. There
the unrecorded years of Christs boy
hood were spent.
The town is located in hollow of
the hills on the southern border of the
plain of Esdraleon.
From the name of Nazareth comes
"Nazarones," the oriental word for
Christians. 1t was in Nazareth, ac-
cording to the Bible, that Christ
preached a sermon that led to his re-
lection by his fellow townsmen.
Allies Capture BuIgar Base.
London, Sept. 25.-French cavalry
operating to the northeast of Monas-
tir, in Macedonia, have captured the
town of Prilep, according to an OIL
cial statement.
Prilep was the chief base of one of
the Bulgarian armies and military men
here declared that this enemy army
may now be In peril of complete ami
hilation.
The entire Bulgar-German forces are
fleeing now in rout. Tanks, operating
in the most mountainous and rough
country which they have ever been
called upon to tackle, are playing an
important part in the drive.
1t is reported that allied troops have
crossed the Bulgarian frontier.
Anglo Greeks Advance Ten Miles.
The Anglo-Greek forces in the Dol
ran region have effected juncture
with the Franco-Greek forces to the
west, and continue to pursue the re-
treating Bulgarians, says the British
official statement.
The Anglo-Greeks have reached
Smokvitsa marking an advance of ten
miles up the Vardar, and are at Ba-
zarli, three miles north of Lake Dol
ran.
British troops are reported to have
captured the important town of Dol
ran, on the southern shore of Lake
Dorian.
Serbs Close to istb.
Italian troops operating on the left
flank of the British and Greeks in the
yardar valley have advanced ten miles
and captured more than 16 towns.
Serbian troops have crossed the Var
dar river on front OF Is miles. The
enemy's line of communication along
the vardar on this front is now def
nitely in the hands of the allies.
The Serbians are now within strik-
ing distance of the road running from
Keulprulu to Istib, on which the bulk
of the Bulgarian forces are retreating.
1t is believed this road will be cut
soon.
The Serbians alone have taken 12,
600 prisoners and 40 guns so far, it is
reported.
Strunntza Now in Peril.
Allied cavalry is heading toward
Strumnitza, the important Bulgarian
CITY 20 miles north of Doiran and ten
miles within the Bulgarian border, &C
cording to one dispatch.
British Take Two Turk Ports
London SEPT o5-BritiSif cavalry.