Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-24
ALLENBY'S FORCES
DELIVER KNOCKOUT
BLOW IN PALESTINE
Victory Means Destruction
or Capture of 100000
Ottomans.
TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY
GUNS ALREADY COUNTED
Serbs Continue Northward Ad-
vance in Macedonia and Cut
Uskub-Saloniki Railway. ~
ADD 10000 MORE PRISONERS
Bulgarians Evacuate Entire Front
Between Lake Doiran and
Vardar River.
ADD 10000 MORE PRISONERS
Bulgurians Evacuate. Entire Front
Between Lake Doiran and
Nardar River.
IRy Associated Press ]

Disaster has overtaken the armies OF
the Teutonic allies OH all fields. In
Palestine the Turks are all but abso-
lutely crushed: in Macedonia the en-
tcntc forces are harrying their foes and
threatening them with similar disaster;
in France the British and French
troops slowly, but surely, arc eating
their way into the vitals of the Ger
man defensive positions, tho collapse
Of which would result in important
changes Ill along the western battle
front. and in Eastern Siberia the Japa-
nese have made additional strides for
ward in the process OF reclaiming that
territory for the Russians.
In all the thcaters OF tho war the
entente allies have the initiative in
their hands. and are pressing their ad-
vantage vigorously. The Germans and
their allies nowhere arc able to do
moro than stand on the defensive, and
in Palestine and Macedonia their cf-
forts in this respect have proved sorry
ones. From north of Jerusalem to tho
Sea of Galilee, in the territory lying
between the River Jordan and the Ned
itcrranean Sea, the Ottoman forces
have been caught by the swift drive of
the British armies and virtually anntht-
lated. Added to the heavy casualties
suffered by tho Turks. hordes Of them
were made prisoner and many more are
wandering. bewildered, without lead
ers, in the hills. eventually to 4 tbo
brought in to swell the great total. AT
last accounts mora than $4,000 of the
Sultan's soldiers and $50 guns and largo
quantities OF war stores were in British
hands
To add to the dcmora lization of-tho
Turkish morale, allied aviators arc
carrying out successful bombing raids
against Constantinoplc.
over a front of eighty miles in South
ern Serbia, from Monastir to Lake
Doiran. the entente troops arc Wig
orously assailing the Bulgarians and
'' in the s Center great sp spearhead e i has
been pushed by the Serbians across
the Istib- b-Priiep road, seyering comnln-
nications between the Bulgarian army
northeast OF Monastir and that 4inrsthe
Lake Dorian region.
Unofficial reports arc to the eject
5000 and 10000 prisoners and 210 guns.
BULGARIAN TROOPS ARE
IN FULL RETREAT
In the region between Monastir. and
full retreat before the Italians. French
and Scrbians. while west of Doran the
British are steadily hammering' their
ward toward the Bulgarian frontier.
Already the enemy line from Doiran
10 a point west OF the Vardar has been
with the railroad to the north severed,
seemingly is in danger of an envelopinG
movement. unless 1t turns sharply east
ward and presses into Bulgaria through
the mountains. .gsss
Not so SPECTACULAR. but OF vital I'M.
portancc. have been the operations OF
the French and British from the south
Of st. Quentin to Cambrai. Both the
French General Debeney and Field
Marshal Haig have won highly essen
tal ground in the maneuvers which
have as their detectives the oblitera-
ton of the Hindenburg line. the cap.
;ure OF St Quentin and the turning OF
the German line at ilaon. south Of st;
Quentin the French have advanced
their line TO the west bank of the Disc
canal over a front OF three miles. and
now completely outf1ank St Quentin
on the south and La Ferc on the north.
Meanwhile. Field Marshal FlaiE. north
Of St Quentin. around the village OF
Epehy. has taken strong points from
the enemy.
In Eastern Siberia. the japanese have
captured Blagovestchensk. capttal OF
the Province Of Amur and also Sns
town of Alcxievsk Two thousand Aus
tro-German troops surrendered