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The Seaforth News, 1918-10-03, Page 2,B1JLGARIJN FORCES IN FULL FLIG .T, PURSUED BY SERBS BUIEling Villages and .Supplies in Retreat --Serbs, French, Greeks and British in Strong Attacks ('airy Important Positions. A despatch from London says: Nava from the Macedonian front ahow8 that the allied successes are extending' beyond all expectations. British and Greek troops are now officially reported to have gained en- emy first positions on a wide front, while the Serbian and French opera- tion8 continue to develop amazingly. A. Reuter's despatch says that the Serbians have completely broken the Bul'gariaat front, Other Serbian cavalry are advancing upon the im- portant junction of Prilep. The front is now twenty-five miles wide, and is regarded as a most important success, It looks likely that the Attlee will clear the whole of this area. The late French official report, under date of September 18, reads as follows: "On September 17 and 18 the al- lied armies in the East greatly ex- tended the successes of the two pre, ceding days, The Bulgarian divisions engaged on the front of the attaelt retreated in disorder.on the Cerna,, Our troops in their pursuit, however, had the Cerna on one part of its course and have occupied in the mountainous zone Guyrov, Kanten and Chazerna, have crossed the Belashnitso River, and gone beyond the region of Roj- den, as well as the Blatets massif. "The enemy left behind prisoners and considerable material, which have not yet been enumerated. "In the region of Lake Doiran British and Greek troops likewise have carried forward an attack and gained a foothold in the enemy first positions, notwithstanding stubborn resistance. A great number of pris- oners have already fallen into our hands. The attack continues," The Bulgarians are in flight in Macedonia, and are burning stores and villages, according to a Serbian official statement reeeivecl here, The allied troops now have ad - enticed more than 12 utiles, and their progress is so rapid that they have not been able to count the prieoners, end war material taken. New regi- rnente, thrown in by the Bulgarians have been forced to retreat with the ethers. The'Bulgar.ans have been defeated completely, and the Serbian troops are pursuing them day and night, The. Serbian and Freneh troops have taken the towns of Topolets, Potshishta, Resbishta, Melynitas, Vit- ollshta and Rasimhey. They have also taken the height of Kuchkov Kament, A later despatch says: -In Mace- � � Mace - dome both the French -Serbian and as EM LOSSES HEAVY IN British -Greek detachments have LOSSES a ed important victories over the Bul- garians. The Serbians have ex- tended their front westward to the Cerna River, and it is now 26 utiles wide. The total depth of the a,lvanc•e is 15 to 17 miles. All the Bulgarian trench systems on the Serbian front have been pene- trated. Allied cavalry has taken up the pursuit, and one cavalry unit has crossed the Cerna 20 miles north of the Sokol positions, Another force of horsemen has moved the same dis- tance north-east. The capture of several villages and 5,000 prisoners are reported in the Serbian official statement made public on Friday. "Continuing our advance," the statement says, "we crossed the left bank of the Cerna River. 'The enemy burned his depots and camps, "We have taken more than 5,000 prisoners and captured ten additional guns, mostly heavy pieces. Several villages have fallen into our hands " ALLIES MAKE PROGRESS IN BREAKING POISON WELLS DOWN DEFENCES OF T. QUENTIN DURING RETREAT British Smashed in German Lines at Four Distinct i'ointttl-Leon DhitHOLICAI. ORDFdtS ISSUED EY GERMAN COMMAND , Shelled by French -St. Quentin in Finales. Loudon, Sept, ---Field Marshal and St, Quentin Saturday ore a 'front I ,f 2rl i alg s troops last nig-lit smashed into of from to to three miles. the German lines at four distinct Field Marshal Hufg's thrust was points ,on the battlefront. Near Gave trade towards the strip of high retie, north of the Sear e, the British ground in front of the Hindenburg p defenves which cover the Scheldt advanced on a two-mile front, •aaet Canal. Progress was made east of of Epehy the British captured several hipehy and near Ilargicoart, organized points of resistance, The St. Quentin, as a • result of the gains were made after stubborn fight- week's operations, is in a more seri- ing. our position from the enemy view - North of Epehy Haig•'e sten pushed point than probably at any time since forward in the sector south of Vil- the beginning' of the war. A further E .w ...«'� lora-Guislan, They also repulsed a push eastward by the Britieh from ""„ �. German attack on Moeu re their newlywon height ositiois on nt sand thoup , Winter Travel in Merman Land -Yukon huskies should be useful the e Improved v } the north -roost will virtual( lata the n oto ed t heir positions there, y p this winter or some of the dog sleds used by the boys in Manitoba, allies on three sides of the town. This morning tbe Germans attack - St Quentin is an important outpost' ed the British.positions north-west of 1 La Bassee, in Flanders, but the at- of Leon, erhnps the most important tack was not pressed, enemy base in Northern France, The London,, Sept. 22. -Allied troops F'r'ench on the south ere 10 miles front are progressing satisfactorily in been ens are hammering it with their' breaking down the defences of St. g g Quentin. On the north the British Paris, Sept, 22, -The city of St' are fighting in the Hindenburg po- Quentin, beset by both British and sitions and pressing toward the canal between St, Quentin and Cambrai, while on the south the French are moving forward steadily. Dashing Frencb Advance 4lallla Plat. to Wipe Out Whole French District. If proof was ever wanting o the diabolical methods practiced dry our enemies in destroying villages and towns by mines, poisoning rivers and' falls end generally making life im- possible for returning ro£ggees it is surely found in a document which has I just faller, into the hands of i French I di"ieaot.al headquarters. The doeumeeit concerns the 108th Battalion of German infantry and bears the date of September 5, 1918'. Tho first part deals with the systema- tic destruction of all barracks, gun - pits, and dugouts abandoned in re- treating, further on it orders the 27th and 90 the German regiments to de- stroy the villages of Villeuquier, Aut- ment, Lcquenot and others. Their it deals with poisoning wells. "All wells should be poisoned. Caro should be taken that the bombs do not explode too soon," says the order: So that everyone might, no doubt, be held responsible, the document ends: "ft is the duty of everyone to participate in the destruction of weds." Devilish Plot Frustrated, At Merineourt is a well which the e gain- Markets of the World Breadstuifs Toronto, Sept. 2.1 -Manitoba wheat -No. 1 Northern, $2.244t; No. 2 Northern, $2,2114; No. 3 Northern, $2.17%; No. 4 wheat, $2.1114, in store Fort William, not including tax. Manitoba oats -No. 2 C.W., 87e; extra No. 1 feed, 83c; No. 1 feed, 83e; No, 1 feed, 81%e, in store Fort William, American corn -No. 3 yellow, kiln • dried, nominal; No. 4 yellow, kiln /dried, nominal. Ontario oats, new crop -No. 2 . white, 76 to 78c; No, 3 white, 76 to 77c, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 2, Winter, per car lot, $2.31; No. 3 inter, $2.27; No. 2 Spring, $2.26; No. 3 Spring, $2.22, basis in store Montreal. Peas -No. 2 nominal Barley -Malting, new crop, $1.04 to 81.06. Buckwheat -Nominal - Rye -No. 2, nominal. Peas -Nominal. Manitoba flour -Old crop, war gaulity, $11.35, Toronto. Ontario flour - War quality, old crop, $10.85, in bags, Montreal and Toronto, prompt shipment. Milifeed-Car lots, delivered Mont- real freights, bags included: Bran, $36.40 per ton; shorts, $41.40 per ton. Hay -No. 1, $19 to $20 per ton, track Toronto; mixed, $17 to 818 per ton, track, Straw -Car lots, $9 to $9.50. Country Produce -Wholesale Eggs, No. 1, candled, 48 to 49c; selected, new laid, 52 to 54c; cartons, 54 to .55c. Butter -Creamery, solids 45% to 46c; do fresh made, 47 to 48e; choice dairy prints, 41 to 42c; ordinary dairy prints, 38 to 40c; baker's 36 to 38c. Oleomargarine (best grade), 32 to 34c. Cheese -New, large, 23% to 24c; twins, 239'4 to 24%c; spring -made, large, 25ee to 26c; twins, 26 to 26%c. Beans -Canadian, prime, bushel, 56.50 to $7,50. Foreign, hand-picked, bushel, 56.75 to 57. Comb Honey -Choice, 10 oz„ $5 to $5.50 per dozen; 12 oz,, $3.50 to $4 per dozen; seconds and dark comb, 52.60 to 52.75; bulk, 25 to 26c. per Ih. Maple Syrup -Imperial gallons 52.25; 5 -gallon tins, $2.10 per gallon, Maple sugar, per pound, 24 to 25c, Provisions -Wholesale Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, 548; mess pork, 547, 1 Green Meats-Outof pickle, le. lees than smoked. Smoked meats -Rolls, n2 to 33e; hams, medium, 38 to 39e; heavy, 30 to 31c; cooked hams, 531 to Ole; backs, plain, 14 to 45c; backs, boneless, 48 to 50c. Breakfast bacon, 42 to 44e Cottage rolls, 35 to 36e. Dry Salted Meats -Long clears, in tons, 30c• in cases, 30%c' clear bellies 28 to 2814e; fat backs, 25c, Lard -Pure, tierces, 30% to 31c tubs, 300,1 to 3114c; pails, 31 to 31%c prints, 32 to 321eae. Shortening, tierce 25% to 26c; tubs, 26 to 2654c; pails 261/4 to 2604c; 1 -Ib. prints, 27 to 27%c Montreal Markets Montreal, Sept. 24, -Oats -Cana- dian Western, to, 2, 51.01 to $1-02; extra No, 1 feed, 97c. Flour -New standard grade, 511.35 to 511,45, Rolled oats --Bags, 90 lbs, 55.25 to $5.30. Bran 537.00. Shorts, 542.00. Moufllie, $67.00 to 568.00, Hay -No, 2, per ton, car lots, $16.00. Cheese -Finest easterns, 2234 to 23c. But- ter -Choicest creamery, 4534 to 46e, Eggs -Selected, 53 to 54e; No, 1 stock, 49c; No. 2 stock, 45 to 46c Potatoes -Per beg, car lots, $1.90 to 52.00. Dressed hogs -Abattoir kill- ed, 528.50. Lard -Pure, wood pails, 20 lbs net, 3114 to 33c, Live Stock Markets Toronto, Sept. 24. Extra choice heavy steers, 515.50 to $16.00; choice heavy steers, $14.50 to 515,00; but- chers' cattle, choice, 512,75 to $13.50; do„ good, $11.50 to $12.25; do., me- dium, 510,35 to 510.75; do„ common, $8,75 10 $9.26; butchers' bulls, ehoice, $11.00 to $11.25; do., medium bulbs, 510.25 to 510.60; do., rough bulls, 57.50 to 58.50; butchers' cows, choice, 510.25 to 511.00; do., good, $9.25 to $9.50; do., medium, 57.75 to $8.50; do., common, 57.25 to $8.00; stockers, 58.00 to 510.50; feeders, $10.50 to 511.00; canners and cutters, 55.50 to 56.75; milkers, good to choice, 490.00 to 5150.00; do„ coin. and rued„ $65.00 to 575.00; springers, 590.00 to 5150.00; light ewes, 513.00 to $14.00; yearlings, 515.00 to 516.00; spring lambs, 17 to 17leee; calves good to choice, 514.00 to 517.755' hogs, fed and watered, 519.50 to $19.75; do., weighed off ears, 519.75 to $20.00. Montreal, Sept. 24. -Choice steers, 511.75 to 512,50; good steers, 59.00 to $11.30; common steers, 58.00 to 59.00; good cows, 58,00 to 59.75; canners and cutters, 55.00 to 56,70;. bulls, 56,60 to $7,25; sheep, $11.00 to 513.00; mills calves, $10.00 to, 514.00; grass calves, $7,00 to $8.50. Fresh products mean half the can- ning battle won. • STRUGGLE FOR ST. QUENTIN Mies Take 10,000 Prisoners and More Than 60 Big Guns -Enemy Counter -Attack Everywhere Repulsed. A despatch from Lonrho says: - The prisoners taken by the British in the operations begun Wednesday northwest of St. Quentin now exceed Haig's report on Thursday night. More than sixty big guns were taken, and further ground was captured, Most of the fiigheirg was around Gouzeneourt and to the east of Epehy. I After a violent bombardment Wed- nesday afternoon the Germans launch- ed a series of desperate attacks to re- gain their lost positions. They were everywhere beaten off. "Great num- bers of German dead are lying before our positions on the whole front of the enemy attack," says Gen. Haig. Tho important town of Contescourt, southweet of St. Quentin, and Castres, near it, are both in the hands of the French, operating on,the right of the• British. Our allies have also reach- ed Benay. .A despatc'h from the British. Army in France says: -Despite the serious menace which the British established over the Hindenburg line by their cap- ture of ridges northwest of St. Quen- tin, the Germans Thursday morning continued to nurse their grievances without renewing on a large scale their costly counter-attacks of Wed- nesday evening. Fighting still proceeded, particular, ly on the extreme flank of the battle- front, where the British were cleaning out strong points and strengthening their line, but the initiative remained entirely with them. That the situation created by the British seizure of the long Hinden- burg outpost line and the dominating heights in front of it could not remain stationary for long seemed a fore- gone conclusion. Whether the enemy would essay further heavy counter- atbacks depended entirely on the bad- ly -drained resources of his command, for the next move undoubtedly belong- ed to the Germans, since they must push the British back or continue to live with the naked sword hanging over them in this vital sector. The enemy losses Thursday were extremely heavy, both in the early fighting and in the numerous counter- attacks which were thrown in toward night, in a desperate attempt to re- gain part of the lost ground. The whole zone of bho long battlefront to- day was strewn with dead in field - grey uniforms, LOCAL FIGHTING IG IMPROVES LINE Scottish Troops Complete Cap- ture of Moeuvl•es-British Steadily Press Forward. A despatch from the British Arm- ies in the Field says: The Hinden- burg fortress fine north-west of St. Quentin has not yielded any fresh counter -offensives since its tenants, the German 2nd and 18th armies, were thrown back with a loss of three ridges, ten villages, 10,000 men taken prisoners and between 60 and 70 guns. We hold nearly all the best ground from the neighborhood of Gouzeau- court to the slopes in front of St, Quentin. Immediately ht front of the armies of Gens. Byng and Rawlinson the enemy is clinging to a series of forti- fied farms, small bits of woodland and ravines, but these are not a strong, continuous defensive system. We have complete observation over a vast stretch of German -held terri- tory which is being made very un- comfortable for troops waiting over there. Our victory on Thursday is bearing fruit. English, Scottish and Aus- tralian troops continued to improve their positions. At various points hard local fighting in the night yielded fragments of German lnfap- try, Machine-gun positions and sev- eral strong redoubts fell on Thursday, A despateh from London says: Scottish troops Friday morning fin- ally overcame the resistance of the Germans still in the village of Moauvres, west of Cambrai, where there has been much violent fighting recently, and completely captured the village, according to Field Marshal Haig's communication on Friday night. British Shell Blast Furnaces in Rhine Factories SERB FORCES WITHIN FOUR MILES ---- London, Sept. 22,-TheEntente OF USKUD-SALONICA RAILROAD day dtopp dnbombs loaf the German towns of Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Captured 16 Villages and 12 Guns in Rapid Advance in Central Boulay, Frescaty and Morhange, ac• E Macedonia -Italians Advance to East of Monastir. cording to an official statement issued this evening by the British Govern - London, Sept. 22. --Serbian troops pressing the Bulgarians and Germans in Central Macedonia advanced more than 20 kilometres Friday and are now within four miles of the Uskub- Salonica railroad, the main artery for the, supply of the Austro -German and Bulgarian forces opposing the British and 'Greek armies on the Serbian right. An official despatch from Serbian general headquarters at Salonica re- volved to -day by the Serbian legation said 'the Serbians captured 16 villages and 12 guns and now are several kilo- rnetres to the north of the village of (evader. Fresh Bulgarian and Ger- man troops are arriving continually to reinforce the enemy lines, In oonjuection with the General En- tente allied offensive against the Teu- ton and Bulgar forces in Macedonia, Italian troops yesterday began a vig- orous advance in the bend of the River Cerna, to the east of Monastir. The official statement issued to -day by the Italian War Office says that the front enemy positions were cap - 1.118 Gutting of the Uskub-Salonica rail. road, it was said here officially to -day, will force the retirement of the enemy left wing, and cause a general read- justment of the enemy lines in this entire section, eee meat. Explosives were dropped on the Lanz Works at Mannheim, on wharves and factories at Karlsruhe, on blast furnaces at the Bierbach Works and on airdromes at Boulay, Frescaty and Morhange. One German machine was brought clown. One allied machine is missing. 13ItITISH CASUALTIES FOR PAST WEEP{ London, Sept, 22. -British casual. flea for the lest week follow: Officers killed or died of wounds, 4871 men, 3,153. Officers wounded or missing, 1,916; men, 17,206. TRANS -CANADIAN ROAD COMPLETED Traffic Through New Tunnel In- augni7ated. Ottawa, Sept. 22. -The last link in the Canadian Northern Railway Sys- tem between Vancouver and the heart of !Montreal was officially declared open to traffic yesterday afternoon, when the first passenger train, bear- ing a party of engineers and officials representing both the Governmen and the company, passed through the new three -million -dollar tunnel into the new and modern station on Dor chestcr street. The Chief Engineer of the Railway Commission, Mr. G. A. Mountain, put his imprimatur on the tunnel and terminal, and the Canadian Northern is now ready, after six years of work on the new entrance, to do a direct passenger business with Canada's largest metropolis, LOSSES OF ITALIANS ARE OVER MILLION A despatch from Route says: The losses in the Italian armies since Italy entered the war amount to 1,- 350,000 in killed and permanently dis- abled, according to a statement by Francesco Nitti, {Minister of the Treasury. ti For a stretch of more than 10 miles north of St. Quentin the British now Franco -American array, which has hold the dominating hills. swung far enough up the west end English troops attacked the Ger- of the Chemin des Dames to menace man lines midway between Cambrai serigusly the enemy's defensive line. French, is in flames. The enemy is reported to be removing the civil pop-, elation and placing his batteries in the city to combat the steady on -1 march of Foch'l men, Leon is being shelled by Mangle's BAKE; RETAKEN BY TURKS British Evacuate Town and Re- tire to North Persia. A despatch from London says: Baku, in Trans-Caucasia, has been evacuated by the British, who have- withdrawn avewithdrawn their forces to North Persia. The evacuation was made neces- sary, it is stated, because of the lack of steadiness on the part of the Ar- menian troops when they were at- tacked by the Turks during August. By the end of that month it was realized that the co-operation of the local Government and its forces would not be sufficienly effective to justify the retention of the small British detachment in the face of the numbers which the enemy ebuld collect. On September 1 the evacuation was definitely decided upon, but on the same day, the Turks again at- tapked and the allies of the British, the reports state, again failed to co- operate. The result was that the Royal Warwickshire Regiment had to cover a Russo -Armenian retire- ment, and it ie feared that this force lost heavily. A small force of Russians arrived at Baku on September 9 to rein- force the British. This, with the in- t' activity of the enemy, tended to im- prove the morale of the forces al- lied with the British, strengthening 4,800,000 U. S. TROOPS BY JULY NEXT YEAR A despatch from Washington says: An army of 4,800,000 by next July, after all deductions have been made for casualties and rejections is what the enlarged American military pro- gram calls for, General March said to the House Appropriations Committee, There are now about 8,200,000 men under arms, General March said, and the plan is to call 2,700,000 of the new draft registrants to the colors between now and July. SOME OF THE "CONTEMPTIBLES" STILL FIGHING THE GERMANS A despatch from Paris says: -The special correspondent of the Matin on the British front, after referring to the obstinacy and dash of the Brit- ish soldiers, adds: "There might have been noted a unit of the old regular army which has known no rest during the war and the story of whose epic deeds well desetw•es telling." e ---- FORTY ARMED GERMANS SURRENDERED TO A BATMAN A despatch from the British Army in France says; -A British brigadier - general left his green near a quarry, which he supposed had been cleared Bf :the Germans,. and went forward to watch the advance of his mon. When he returned he found the per. plexed groom surrounded by 40 mimed Germans, demanding .that the groom accept their surrender. their wish to ]told the town. They induced the fleet in the Caspian, which was still in Russian hands, to refuse permission for the British evacuation, according to the advices. Meanwhile, it is added, the Armen- ians were negotiating to hand the town over to the enemy. On September 14 the enemy made a determined attack, and after fighting that lasted 10 hours, the brunt of which was borne by the British, the account continues, the latter evacuated the town, FRENCR CLOSE Germans had preparaed to poison, but the dashing French advance balked • those who plotted this act of treach- TOLADIES' WALK smer.•y. all Arobriucndk thewail topabove thewhich well is is aa sign in Gorman, "Do not drink this water," While at the foot of the well ntense Fighting in Which Ger- is another inscription, reading "Muni - mans Lose Heavily. A despatch from the I''rench Arm says: -The progress of Gen. Man gin's army toward the western ex tremity of the Chemin-des-Dames ha driven the enemy to violent reactions Five vigorous counter-attacks war made during Thursday night agatns the new French positions east of th Moisy Farm, and north of Allemant In every one of these unsucessful as sautts the Germans lost heavily. The French troops have stoutly maintained all gains made in this re gion during the past few days, and in spite of intense artillery fire hav succeeded in organizing their new positions, There is now only about three-quarters of a mile of ground separating the French :from theheight on which stands the ruins of Fort Mal maison. It is most difficult ground however, and excellently adapted to the kind of defensive fighting the Germans are carrying on. It is heavily timbered and the broken ground, deep ravines and steep slopes make it im- possible for tanks, but furnish the best possible positions for machine guns, which the enemy has assembled in great nunnbers. It is the plateau of Chavignon the Germans are defending here so desper- ately, . More than 480 of their dead were picked up over a space of a half - mile long by a quarter of a mile deep during the recent fighting. The possession of this plateau, which is the key to the positions north of the Chemin-des-Darnel, would compel the enemy to abandon aepart of the St, Gobain Forest. Mons to be blown up. The mine not to be taken away." A cross -shaped shell Y' was close to a hole smashed in a wall of the well. This shell contained toxic gases. The German method is to make 5' such a shell explode directly they evacuate a district, causing gasses from the shell to drop to the bottom of a deep well. The allied leaders would have stop- ped to drink, refugees would have re- turned and taken water from the well for their own use and that of their cattle, so, the Germans planned, that - in a very short time the people of , the whole district would slowly die of e, e poisoning. Such are the methods of a nation which says it means to im- pose its kultur on the world. e! t ei •' CANADIAN TROOPS ARRIVE IN ENGLAND A despatch from Ottawa says: 1t aomieiall). announced through the Chief Press Censor's Office that the following troops have arrived in Eng- land: Infantry draft No. 111; Niagara, Ont.; Infantry draft No. 120, 1st De- pot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regi- ment, Kingston; Infantry draft No. 123, 1st Depot Battalion, 1st Quebec Regiment, Montreal; Infantry draft No. 124, 2nd Depot Battalion, 2nd Quebec Regiment, Montreal; Infantry draft No. 184, 1st Battalion, Mani- toba Regiment, Winnipeg; Canadian Railway Troops, Niagara; draft No. _esess 122, Engineering Training Deppt_ Brockville, Ont.; draft No, 125, Th gineer Training Depot, St, Johns, Que.; draft No. 138, R.M.C. officers; draft No. 127, Laval Canadian Of&- cers' Training Corps; nursing sisters; Canadian Army Dental Corps; de- tails. AMERICAN SOCIETIES WILL CELEBRATE YPIIES A despatch from New York says: A resolution to organize a commit-.. tee to co-operate with patriotic so- cieties throughout the country in the celebration on November 9 of "Bri- tish Day" in commemoration of the British defence of Ypres, which has taken its place in history as one of the 11 decisive battles of the world, was unanimously adopted, MESSAGES SENT BY CANNON TO THE GERMAN REAR LINES GERMANY ADOPTS MEASURES FOR "PITILESS REPRESSION" A despatch from Paris says: -Be- cause of the aggravation of the inter- nal situation in Germany, which con- tinues to grow, the German Govern- ment has taken measures to "assure rapid and pitiless repression" in case of revolt, a Zurich despatch reperbs, 5 German Airmen Using Bonmbs, More Than 13 .Feet h Length A despatch from the British Army in France says: -Last night German airplanes were busy bombing the St, Quentin sector, and the enemy utilized a new type of planes, of huge size, Three of these were shot down east of Perorate. They. were capable of seating eight men. The most as- tounding thing about them, however, was that they carried bombs thirteen feet long, which contained 2,000 pounds of explosives. This is by far the biggest bomb the 'Germans have yet produced, TURKS ANNIHILATED IN PALESTINE BY GEN. ALLENBY'S FORCES British Occupy Nazareth and Other Places Sacred to the Christian World -18.000 Prisoners and 120 Guns Captured. London, Sept, 22, -Gen, Allenby's bag, the strings of whioh have been forces in Palestine have taken 18,000 drawn /tout closing the mouth, thous - Turkish prisoners and have captured ands of Turks are etintee'heil, Many 120 guns. This means the virtual an- of those already matin prisoner, nee- niitilation •of the Ottoman forces in ing in disorder, literally walked into this region.' The British losses were the hands of the British not knowing surprisingly slight considering the im- their linebhough ofrho retrT reat bac{ boon cut off, portance of the advance. Mtes wt some points In less than four days the British offered considerable resistance to the have swept forward hi the centre be- Brite t, at no pone) were they able to tween the River Jordan and the 'sea stay the 4t1'vat1e9, oven oft bho famous and taken the famous city of Naz- Field of Arms eddonl which the Brit. areth, while their wings closed round let cavalry awe t Moss tend occupied in a swift enveloping movement and Nazareth to the North. In the operas nipped within the maw pf the great tion of sewing the enemy within bhe pincer all the Oltenia -a forces 1n th� nolo, airmen played an important ride, coastal sector, the Plain of Sharon, vigorously itdmbing the retreating the hill region in the centre and along Turks, inflicting enormous casualties the western Jordan Valley, Mean- an then, while to the north-east. the Friendly Arab forces of the I4ing.of the Hedeaz have cut all railway communication in front of, the fleeing Turks, and are standing a barter to their esacpo by way of the eastern plains. It is not improbable that within the. With, the British Army in Palestine, Sept. 22. -Ona incident showed the nature of Vile surprise attack made by the Brrbish. A. staff car with Turkish- officers, in turning 1a corner in one town, met a British armored car, and all the Turks were captured. A despatch from the British Front in France says: -A new messenger shell which is being used by the Get• • - nlanh to convey messages to isolated units or from forward to rear lines was shown to the writer on Wednes- day. It has a head which can be un- screwed, into which the message Is in- sorted. 3,000 LBS, OF FLOUR is; i5 CONFISCATBD r,n.,t A despatch from Regina says: • Chris. Alger, believed to be a German, is minus 9,000 lbs, of flour, which he was found to be hoarding in his house south of Morse. The flour was con- fiscated, Alger was fined $290, and the Canada Food Board enriched by the pt`oceede of the sale of - the flour. _ Food rroduction''n Grew T3ritein. Moeeetheite 900,009 ,Women are now 33Igitgac 6 5 t4 ltilid in Croat Britain. Musk le one prodworld con- 1 - merce in which China practically en- joys a monopoly,? Photographs of the graves of Brit- ish soldiers in France are only talon de request of the relatives. Over 60,000 of these regttests have been received and complied with,