Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-18
Invaders Not Only Frus- trated But Italians Also
 Take Teuton Prisoners.
ARTILLERY AIDS
 WATER BARRIER
More Americans Being Taken tO the FrOnt--English Capture RedOubt. kerenski Deserted by
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Associated Press Summary.)

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 Italy's armies are making an heroic and so far successful stand against Austro- Germans masses thrown against them in desperate attacks along the line of the Piave river, and in the mountainous region from the Piave, westward to the edge of the Trentino. The river has not been reached at any point, while the thrust of the Austrians, southward from the hills, in an attempt to drive wedge thru to the plains is making slow pro- gress.
 It is now more than a week since the Italians, retreating from the Ti- agliamento, crossed to the west bank of the Piave and took up their de- fensive positions behind it.
 Enemy efforts were pressed on a scale of increasing intensity all last week. The Italians resistance. how ever, seems to be growing stronger, rather than otherwise. Latest Aus tro- German attempts to gain a per- anent hold on the westerly side of the Piave were not only frustrated but the enemy columns were badly cut up and nearly 1000 Teutons were taken pris- oners. These attacks on the river line were delivered just above the Benson loop, where the invaders first effect ed a crossing and were hemmed in: from the start. They are steadily be- ing driven here into an increasingly restricted district, the Rome war cf-. flee announced.
 The Water Barrier.
 Near the Adriatic the water barrier to an Austro- German advance toward Venice, raised by opening of the flood gates into the swampy region, is being reinfroced by the army artillery and Italian warships on the Adriatic.
 The Italian line has yielded slightly in the hills east of the Brenta, where the capture of Monte Prassolan by Austro- Hungarian troops is announce ed by Berlin. No further advances for the attacking forces in the mountain regions northeast of Asiago are claim ed.
 British Capture Redoubt.
 Military operations in the other war small scale.
 The most important move was in Flanders by the British. who pushed farther north on the Goeberg spur northwest of Passchandaele and cap turing. a redoubt known as Vocation farm, and so improving their position as to make the present line across the ridge easier to hold.
 Turks Prepare to Fight.
 In Palestine British forces, which recently have made so spectacular advance to the neighborhood of Ja6a. are still moving forward, but apparently feeling their way with caution. The Turks are giving signs of making stand a few miles north of Jaffa, were they are reported attempting to pre- pare an entrenched position. &s
 American Batteries.
 In the sector of the French front held by the American troops there has been increased activity by the artil- lery, incidental to which there have been additions to the American casu- altv lists. some of which occurred when German shells hit an American gun. American batteries have been energetic in their reply, giving the Germans better than they sent, in the opinion of observers.
 English Ships Chase German.
 On the naval side there IS an inter- eSClng 0eVelOpment III tlc NV3en cO0t where British light forces operating in HeligolAnd, engaged German light cruisers, Saturday morning. The Brit ish admiralty said that the Germans made off at high speed with the Brit ish vessels in pursuit.
 From Russia the latest dispatches report Premier Kerensky in flight, his whereabouts being unknown in Petro-G grad, after having met defeat by the Bolsheviki's and deserted by the great CT part of his own officers and men. One report attributed the premier's defeat to the intervention of Lettish forces. 10000 strong on the side of the Bolsheviki. The Bolsheviki forces are also apparently in control of Moscow, where the provisional government forces are reported hemmed within the kremlin. Unconfirmed reports say. that the bombardment was followed by arrangement of truce between hostile factions.
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