The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-10-05


ing with his right in an attack direct.
ed toward Afule, in the hill region OF.
Samaria, he delivered his main blow
with his left, which moved swiftly up
the coastal plain, occupying in turn
Caesarea, Haifa and Acre. This force
then quickly shifted its course toward
the northeast, turning the highlands
>of Samaria and compelling the Turks
to make a precipitate and perilous re-
treat. In fact the enemy was routed
and made little effort to rally and
check the victorious progress of the
British. Allenby's men drove forward
with amazing rapidity, capturing the
railway running from Haifa through
Afule and Nablus toward Jerusalem
and occupying Nazareth, the home Of
Jesus.
Meanwhile the Arabs of Hedjaz
were moving northward along the hills
east of the Jordan, driving the Turks
before them and threatening to sever
their line of retreat to Damascus.
Still further north another force of
tribesmen raided the railway juno
ton of Derau and destroyed the rail-
way there.
Probably $4,000 prisoners were taken
by the British in Palestine and it
seemed likely that almost the entire
Turkish force caught in the trap
would be captured or destroyed. The
seventh and eighth Turkish armies
were virtually annihilated. There is
added :Aisfaction in the fact that Ii
man Won Sanders, the German general
issimO of the Turkish forces, was in
, command there and fled from Naza-
reth just in time to avoid capture.
General Allenby deserves the greater
credit for his success because he had
to send many of his troops to the
west front in Europe during the sum-
mer and was compelled to ~reorganize
his expedition. The end of his drive
Is not yet in sight.
How the leaders of the Young Turks,
the tools of Germany, will weather this
storm of defeat is a question. Already,
1t is reported, they are %depositing their
wealth in Swiss banks.
During the first part of the week
he allies vigorously pushed their Of
fensive in Macedonia, which led to the
collapse of Bulgaria.
Having driven thier great spear
head northward in the center Of
the line along the -Vardar river, they
lcrOssed that river and by Tuesday the
'Serbians had reached the outskirts of
I1shtip, al important Bulgarian base.
Then the allies turned to both the east
and west in a great thanking move.
ment. On the west the Serbians, rout-
Ing a German garrison, took GradskO,
capturing an enormous quantity of sup
plies, including a number of guns. They
and the French operating with them
passed far beyond Prilep toward Kru-
shevo and Kichevo, which are in the
foothills of the mountains separating
Serbia and Albania. They occupied
Veles, north of Prilep, Thursday.
Thus the allies gained control of the
entire MOnastir-Gradsko road, cutting
the Bulgarian army into a number of
groups. Still further west the Italians
! took a hand in the joyful proceedings,
pursuing the fleeing Bulgarians relent-
leSsly.
East of the Vardar the Bulgars and
Germans were steadily forced back to-
ward the frontier, and on Thursday
came the news that British and Greek
forces had actually invaded Bulgaria
at Kosturino, about six miles south of
Strumnitza, the Teutonic base of that
region. Next day Strumnitza itself
fell. and at the same time the Serbs
took Ishtip and Kochana and pushed
on almost to the Bulgarian border neal
tine important rail head Of Kustendil.
AS the allies advanced they were
Joined by the peasants, and among the
prisoners taken were many Serbians
who had been forced to serve in the
Bulgarian army. 1t is noteworthy that
among the allies fighting in this region
~ a big contingent of J~ugo-Slavs. In
the advance of. the allies the tanks cut
a considerable figure. These engines
OF war never before had been on such
a rough, mountainous terrain.
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On Friday Neld Marshal Haig de-
livered an unexpected blow in north
trn France, troops under Generals
Byng and Horne driving forward sew
eral miles in the general direction of
Cambria. Overcoming desperate re-
sistance, they crossed the Hindenburg
outpost defenses at several points and
captured a number of towns, the most
important of which was Bourbon. The
possession of this place and it's wood
lett Cambria at the mercy. of the al