Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-08
ITALIAN RETREAT
CONTINUES OVER
VENETIAN PLAIN
Rear Guards on Both Fight
ing Fronts Holding
Back Enemy.
AIRPLANES PLAY PART
IN HARASSING INVADERS
Not Known Where Cadorna, Re-
Enforced by French and Brit
ish, Will Make Stand.
PAVE RIVER BELIEVED SPOT
Germans Offer No Serious Resistance
to Canadian Hold on
Passchendaelc.
PAVE RIVER BELIEVED SPOT
tBy Associated Press.i !

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The Italian armies continuing
their retreat westward over tho We
netian plain from the Tag!iamento
River and southwark from the Dolo-
mites and Carnic .Alps region toward
the plain. The retreat is declared by
the Italian War Office TO be an orderly
one. with the rear guards on both
fighting fronts holding back the en-
envy. and with airplancs also playing
an importaHt part in harassing the
invaders, destroying bridges that have
been thrown over the Tagliameato and
bombing troops trying to cross the
stream.
Although the Berlin official commu-
nication asserts that the Germans have
reached the Livenza River on the Fe-
netian plains. along which II had been
expected General Cadorna would fight
a rctardng action, it is believed that
this only in the center, and that the
greater portion of General Won Buc-
lows forces still is negotiating a pas
sage of the TaGiip mento or working
it's way westward over the fiat COM
try harassed By the Italian 'cavairy.
There has been no indication as to
where the line of Italians retreatinG
from the hills southwark has reached.
Nor is there any information concern
ing where General Cadorna. re-enforccd
by the British and French, will make
his stand, but the belief still prevails
that the Piave River will be chosen
for this purpose.
SPEEDY AID FROM ALLIES
s.g REQuIRED ny ITALIANS
That aid by the allies is required
and In no unstinted mensure--has been
asserted in scmioficial quarters in
Rome. The Teutons are declared tn
have stakcd everything on their at
tempt to crush Italy. and the allies
must rush up assistance with the ut
most speed if Cadorna is TO check the
enemy.
Thus far. since the retreat from the
Tagliamento and the north began, 1t
is evident that the invaders have not
come in close contact with the main
Italian forces, for the Berlin War Of
flee tells of no great Battle having
been fought anywhere. and does not
dilate on large numbers of prisoners
having been taken. merely saying that
several thousand troops have fallen
into Teuton hands.
OF great significance to the Italian
orally is tile announced arrival in Il
British port OF the american represen-
tatives to the iatcrallieG conferences
which is to discuss and lay plans for
tho successful carrying on of the war
Colonel L. NJ. House. long known as
President Wilson's confidential adviser,
heads the mission.
On none of the other ironts than the
italian have there been any engage
mcnts of great Importance. The Ca
padians are holding tfeir gains of
Tuesday before Passchcndnele without
tho Germans offering serious interfer-
ence. On the greater portion Of the
remainder of the Western front thee
have been only small encounters, in
which the French obtained the ld-
vantage over the Germans. GAIA on
the Mediterranean coast in Palestine.
has been captured by the british. am,
the column operating north OF Beer
sheba has made an additional advance
of eleven miles.