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Show RITISH TAKE 18,000 TURKS IN PALESTINE IE IIJ1E al Allenby's Men Occupy Nazareth, e and Beisan Af-Crushing Af-Crushing Victories. I Offensive Is Com-1 Com-1 Surprise to Foe Reason of Full Su-nacy Su-nacy in the Air. iDON, Sept. 22. (By the As-id As-id Press.) General Allenby's in Palestine have taken 18,-hirldsh 18,-hirldsh prisoners and have td 120 guns besides four alr- and a large quantity of un-i un-i transport. I means the virtual anninila- f tie Ottoman forces in this . The British' losses were Jlflgly slight, considering the fax of Uie advance. I pi FORCES IN PALESTINE,. M. 10. Wliile Uie Turkish army ipicd In strengthening its de- j ositions, General Allenby's plans present British offensive wore "'maturing. airplanes prevented enemy craft eiriB the British lines to observ .rations for the attack, which Turks completely by surprise, toman right Hank, though in I positions, was overwhelmed, oops went through the enemy's Ji captured his first trenches held he-ld time to lay down a barrage. I DEFENSES OVERCOME. ;:i remaining- works, some were t'fully organized, but they were .(vcrcomo by 'the dash and gal-.ttw gal-.ttw British and Indian troops. jKcior an entire Turkish vegi- lis eommnnding officer, -was Mth insignificant loss. With-"linutcs With-"linutcs after the offensive was 'he Turkish troops were streamed stream-ed in the direction of Tul "llsh air supremacy was so . Int not one German machine .1" show Itself. SH SMOTHER EN OF FOE. ' Jators harassed the enemy ?h.Uf l'0lllbinS raids, whilo , 0,s and transports were ef-''hnie-tnjnncd by airplanes. . "11 aerodromes at the- same 'Inmlnatcd by British ma-1 ma-1 dropped bombs on any en- u,a' attempted to rise. The listed the inrnnlrv to ;.d-. ;.d-. nns of smoke screens,1 and . ' l"n'ed the Turkish army , 's effectively. CAVALRY DANCING FAR INTO FOE'S LINES X soli 7, !,,;" -- Uritish cavalry te' s twecn the Jordan and m Palestine, liavc ail-"My ail-"My miles from their orig-''n,i orig-''n,i and lme occupied tho .-mZH l0lv" "f Nazareth and I i; ''onli"K to a British )''' Ihf ,,,.lroops have surrounil-, surrounil-, -:,l'f 'lij,, m;1" -ill',"-v ami are ton ..mwfl masses or. men flM 'oners and 100 guns have 4"f!vV'aloment reads; l"'Ms'ti p- ln- 011 September 20 -f" "i t . Ja.'-oHapwd every. -.!:,," the Turkish left in the rS'had h,anVl"5 Sw"ng around M V a,'he'' ,hc Hue of 'li. J" :u,d roads converg- ' 8,,t Winn. . "i-.'L!3''h':'' 'he lino ltlau on Pagel C1K1E5 EH MILES IB m (Continued from Page One.) of Khan Jiheir. 01. ;-rM a quarter m'.les northeast of tli-Mi:r:: c. and F,s-5nwieh, and was facing nor.,1 astride the Jcrusa-Iem-.abu!us roa-1. "On the non n. o-; - avalrv. trave'-fMnsr the held of A r'i a ;.-d.:ou. had occupied Nazareth, A (;. i t.i Mvi. and wore cniiecTins' the disorganized masses of enemy en-emy troops and tr.m5ports as thev arrived ar-rived from tr.e south. All averrirs of escape open to the enemy. er.-pt the lords acro.-a the Jord.-in between JJei-an and Jr-rvl-lJamerT. were clnsr-, "Kast of the .Jordan, .Arab force? of the kins of Iled.iaz had eft. -in .d numerous-demolitions numerous-demolitions on The ra il wa ? nv! iat;rt: from Peraab, several impor'.ant bnd-f'S. including one in the YLinnak valley, having hav-ing b f e n destroyed. "Several days must elarise before a-ru-rate figures of raptive. can be -ivrn oit Already more th.-tn .vm prjr.n"rs, l'1" cruns. larre o,uantit!es of both hrse and mechanical tran.-porij, four airpi;inrs, many locomotives and muih rolling sio-k have been counted. "Very severe losses have been mdrcf'l on t;":e masses of Turkish fw'S rnre.ti-in rnre.ti-in ovr the d:frictilt road?:, by our a;r service. "A German airn1.tn later a.wf rtired to have ben r;irryin iikuIs, landed in t '- e midst of our troops at Afule. The :'iioT l-el'ev-H the plaro still to be in Turkish hanrls Hn. do.-lroyed the ni:i- h.-if and ii mntfnt1-. "By 0 o't lot k on Sn t wjd.iv nirh'. 0:1 o;j- left v in:;, thr inf.mtiy about I'.iral'nf .ad rra-rKd thf line 1 'f td r ;r. n - S.i r nan ri -Kirafmr, sh fWiTn i n z the en-mv on t i' wrgt .-f the .Ienf--alrrn-Nahu1i; ro,n into the arm? of our cavalry operating touth-wnrd touth-wnrd from .kr.in and Fi5an. "Q'tJ:er enemy columns vain'y at'mpf-ed at'mpf-ed to escape into the Jordan v.iiirv in tie dire'ttnn nf .fisr-T1 -1 a meer. wni'h snil is held by us. Trv-e rv.hnnns puffer puf-fer ed s"'verdy from our airrafr. w -hi. h -onsiantly harassed thm with bombs nnd mahine-un tire. "In the vicinity of T-ike Tibrl'm our cvalrv rfpiarhnTn'a hold Nazarerh and the rail and road passai;e.s over the Jordan Jor-dan at J'sr-F! -! a iru-or. "Already l.fii..) prisoners havr lirnn ra ptnrrd and 1 : cms r olle- t rd." |
