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NOME, ALASKA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 24, is)18.
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BULGARIAN DEFENSE IS SMASHED
TEN THOUSAND ALL
ESCAPE FROM ALLENBY
LONDON,—Ten thousand Turks
are all that remain of thirty-five
thousand which were trapped by the
British in Palestine thru Allenby’s
coup crossing the Jordan at Jezere
el Damish and cutting off the escape
of the forces of the Sultan while the ■
British main body attacked the enemy.
The British in this engagement cap
tured twenty five thousand prsoners
and 260 guns.
The remarkeble coup has practi
cally wiped out the flower of the
Turkish forces in Palestine and the
British are continuing their advance.
ROME,—The continued success of
he Allies in the Balkans was also
narked by a very great advance of
he Italians who advanced on the left
ving and center a distance of twelve
niles, capturing thousands of prison
srs and occupying sixteen villages.
LONDON,—The success of the
Serbians in the Balkan fighting is un
ihecked. They on Sunday cut the
3radiska Prilep line, the chief line
jf communication with the Teuton
irmes in the Balkans.
The Serbians have thrown a strong
force acros the road and trains can
no longer reach the Teuton foces sup
porting the Bulgars.
PARIS,—A dispatch coining thru
Zurich states that unrest is mani
festing itself to an extreme, extent
in Bulgaria and the recent defeats
have caused no end of anxiety among
the people.
The prospect of winter fighting
does not appeal to the Bulgar troops
as they are reported to be more tired
of the war than any of the Allies of
the Central Powers.
LONDON,—General Allenby's re
ports show that the Ottoman forces
are pretty badly disorganized in Pal
estine following the great defeat on
the Jordan. The Turks are contin
uing their retreat and are like the
enemy in other theatres of the war
burning and destroying villages and
stores as they withdraw. In spite of
this so rapid is the British advance
that the number of prisoners now has
been increased by five thousand while
the quantity of guns machine guns
and ammunition is too large to im
mediately compute.
The pursuing British today drove
their lines into the town of Essals
taking additional prisoners and the
Turks are in many places panic
stricken.
LONDON,—A feature of the vic
tory of the Jordan was the large num
ber of Teuton officers who were cap
tured with the Turks. The coup was
one of the most successful in detail
ever conceived and carried out by an
English General since the great war
broke out and showers of praise are
being cast upon the British leader in
the Holy Land.
Under Allenby are fighting many
Australian, New Zealand, Canadian
and other British colonial forces and
the general credits the victory to their
splendid fighting capacity and dis
patch in executing the plans of the
general and his staff.
The Turkish prisoners taken are
very dejected by the outlook and
many are not slow to express satis
faction that their fighting days are
over during this war.
Many high officers were bagged by
Allenby in the capture of over 25.000
prisoners on the Jordan.
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THOMPSON STIRS SENATE
WHEN ATTACKS CRITICS
WASHINGTON,—Senator Thomp
son who has just returned from Eur
ope, caused a stir in the Senate
Chamber today when referrng to his
experiences in the battlefields of Eur
ope.
Referring to the government critics
last winter, among whom were some
of the leading Senators, Thompson
said that when Secretary Baker de
clared before the Military Committee
that he would have a million men in
Europe by July he was openly ridi
culed.
Thompson declared with emphasis
thht those Senators who had criticized
and denounced that Baker assertion
owed an apology at least to the public
who had been misled by these vicious
and uncalled for criticisms and doubts
cast upon the good faith of Baker’s
assertion.
Thompson declared that there had
been actually more than a million
Americans in Europe under arms in
July of this year.
Thompson’s denunciation of the
War Department critics is also a slam
at some of those self styled patriotic
societies which have heen playing
deep politics in attacking the admin
istration by means of an onslaught on
Baker as the Navy League attacked
Josephus Daniels until silenced by the
complete reversal of their statements
by the Secretary of the Navy.
Thompson’s speech in the Senate
is likely to produce considerable stir
outside that body.
STATEMENTS IN CONFLICT
COMINS OUT OF RUSSIA
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COPENHAGEN,—A dispatch com
ing thru German sources states that
the Bolshevik! are ruthlessly slaught
ering Americans but the reports are
not confirmed. According to this un
confirmed report the slaughter fol
lowed the Soviet meeting where or
ders were given to arrest all sub
jects of the Allies.
WASHINGTON,—American Consul
Poole at Moscow is not molested, the
State Department is informed by cable
from Norway. Norway is attending
to American interests.
The government has no confirma
tion whatever of the reports as to
Americans being arrested and mur
dered.
LONDON,—Armed mobs are re
ported to be pillaging Petrograd.
Many fires are reported to be burning.
The Allied and neutral forces sank
two armed Bolshevist ships in the
Dvina. The Bolshevik! suffered
heavily.
DROPPED BOMBS
LONDON,—The British dropped
sixteen tons of bomb3 on Furances,
Hagendingen, and Renbach, all near
Metz.
REIGN OF TERROR
WASHINGTON,—The State De
partment is informed that a reign of
terror is now ruling Russia. Formei
officials and political adversaries ol
the present regime are being ruth
lessly slaughtered without trial, ac
cording to this information.
ARRIVED FROM KOUGAROK
Paddy Sweeny is an arrival from
the Kougarob. James M’Fadden is
also an arrival from there. In spite
of the dry weather considerable min
ing was carried on during the summer
In the Kougarok and when these men
left they were still hard at it. The
weather was however grotving very
cold and it did not look as if the
freeze up could be long delayed.
DEAD COMPLETED
The gas boat Flyer changed hands
this afternoon, Captain Erickson dis
posing of his interest In this craft
to Karaef brothers and the Russian
flag will take the place of the Amer
ican ensign on this craft hereafter.
It is to be used between the stations
of this firm on the Siberian coast.
BULGARS FLEEING
AVENGING SERBS
) LONDON,—The situation in the
Balkans is producing rapid develop
ments with the Serbs gaining every
where. They have now advanced six
ty miles since the beginning of the
offensive last week and have captur
ed twelve thousand prisoners a vast
number of guns and immense sup
plies.
The Allies are successful along an
entire front of ninety miles between
Monastir and Lake Doiran. The
French and Serbs have now passed
j the^nountain region and are literally
j sweeping northward like a prairie
j fire, crushing all opposition and en
i veloping hordes of Bulgars that have
been unable to make their escape. Up
the Vardar valley upon the richest
j section which the Central Powers had
cultivated to replenish their waning
food supply the Allies are swooping
with the Bulgar retreat growing into
a rout and the Allied cavalry doing
tremendous execution upon the retir
ing enemy.
Ihe Bulgars are ruthlessly burning
villages and destroying everything
that they can with fire and sword as
they withdraw.
On the west wing the situation is
similar. Italian forces are driving
in the Teuton and Bulgar forces thai
had been holding the border positions
and they have liberated to date twenty
villages from Bulgar sway.
The Greeks have advanced ten
miles in the Vardar valley ana are
fighting with tremendous enthusiasm
and elan.
The British confronted by the main
Bulgar army have captured Doiran
and advanced now three miles beyond
the city.
The continuous attacks by the Al
lies on the entire Balkan front ap
parently are confusing the Bulgars
leaders and there is for the first time
considerable confusion noted in the
operations of the enemy in his de
fensive tactics.
The fighting is continuous and the
Bulgars are reeling under the stun
ning blows of the Allies delivered
with swiftness and weight at numer
ous.„sectors of the somewhat irregular
battle line in the Balkan theatre of
war.
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RAIDS AND COUNTERS
MARK INFANTRY LULL
PARIS,—Two raids by the French
in the Champagne sector netted the
Allies forty German prisoners.
It is as far as infantry attacks are
concerned rather quiet in the vicinity
of St Quentin along the French front
and also between the Ailette and the
Aisne rivers. On these fronts how
ever an intense artillery activity is
reported indicative of a supreme ef
fort which may safely be anticipated.
The weather has been bad for the
past few days, heavy autumn rains
falling almost along the entire front.
LONDON,—The British are still
in infantry contact with the enemy
north of St Quentin where desperate
and bloody fighting is compelling the
Germans to loose their grip upon
very valuable positions.
Orders taken on captured German
officers show that the German troops
have been given orders to hold these
positions to the death. The German
commander slightingly refers to the
greater fighting ability shown by the
British than his own troops and in
sists that German soldiers must fight
with greater determination.
LONDON,—The British under Gen
eral Plumer inaugurated a heavy at
tack on the Flanders front which was
successful in regaining part of the old
British line south of Ypres and ot
great importance to the British forces.
The men are holding these gains
against all counter attacks.
PARIS,—Increased enemy firing in
the Lorraine front indicates that the
Germans are emplacing big guns to
batter down the American lines.
The rain continues on this sector.
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LATEST NEWS REPORTS
FORETELL COMING SLOW
PARIS,—Newspapers predicting
new major offensive against the Ger
mans say that raiding along the entire
front indicates that a new blow is
I coming and will be struck soon.
LONDON,—The Allies are now in
vading Bulgaria proper. French,
Greeks and British cavalry are head
ing towards Strumnitza and inflict
ing terrific losses.
The cavalry are outstripping the in
fantry but considerable artillery sup
port is being taken along.
Literally swarms of invading horse
men are sweeping thru the Bulgarian
frontier positions.
The Bulgars are in full flight every
where.
LONDON,—Attacking American
outposts south of Archangel, the
Bolsheviki sustained considerable
losses says a war report.
LONDON.—Reports on Tuesday
from the Holy Land show the Turk
ish opposition to Allenby has com
pletely collapsed.
PARS,—Around St Quentin there
is a continuous artillery duel, with the
British on the north slowly forcing:
their way thru a cordon of picked
German troops making a stand in th.
section.
The whole line is ablaze with ar
tillery fire.
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YANK BATTERIES CHECK
TEUTON COUNTER RAIDS
PARIS,—The Germans made an
attempt to drive back the American
thrust in the Lorraine sector, involv
ing a counter attack of considerable
dimensions in trying to accomplish
this.
American batteries, very efficiently
manned, smashed all these attacks.
PARIS,—The French pressing on
St Quentin from the south have cap
tured Benay and passed beyond that
village. i
LONDON,—The British have ad
vanced slightly northwest of Belleng
lize and a battle is also raging near
Epehy. It was at Epehy when in the
great German spring drive, the Royal
Munster Fusiliers Withstood on the
side hill division after division of the
Germans until the entre regiment
with the exception of the survivors of
one battlion were killed or taken pris
oners. This heroic stand, th^ jnost no
table in all the fighting on the Somme,
practically saved the situation. Thirty
I German divisions were put into action
before Epehy hill was taken from the
Munster men.
ADMITS EVACUATION
BERLIN,—The evacuation of Es
signy was officially admitted by the v
German War Office on Saturday af
ternoon. Essigny is situated south
and west of St Quentin.
LONDON,—The British attacked
in force midway between Havricourt
wood and St Quentin on a three mile
front on Saturday. Considerable
gains were effected.
PARIS,—The Germans appear to be
removing civilians from St Quentin,
report our observers, and many fires
are noticed in the city whose fall is
regarded as inevitable.
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