The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-07
local Data
Summary of Outstanding Developments in News From Fronts and Capitals

New York, November 6.-From
 all cables received the Associated
 Press makes the following sum-
 mary of the war news front the
 various fronts:
 In great arc more than 1GO
 miles in length the Italian armies
 are falling back upon and
 through the plains of yenetia to
 new and shorter line of defense.
 From the FeI1a valley to the
 head of the Adriatic sea the en-
 tire line of the TagliamentO river
 has been given up by General Ca-
 dOrna, while from virtually the
 border of Trentino norteastward
 and eastward through the Doiom-
 ties and the Carnic Alps to the
 FelIa the northern army is car
 rying out retr0grade movement
 sOuthward through the mountain-
 ous country toward the plains. The Germans and Austro-Hungar-- ians everywhere are following up
 the Italians i'm their retreat but with the Italians offering resist ance in rear guard actions along the entire front.
 VICTORY IN BELGIUM
 Meanwhile the British forces in Belgium have won another notable victory over the Germans In the region of Ypres, having captured in one of their intreprid dashes, after rain of shells of all caI- ibres, the town of PasschendaeIe, about five miles west of Roulers, for which much bitter fighting has taken place recently. The new advance of the British throws the apex of their salient in dangerous proximity to H0uIers, the fall of which would cut Germany's com municatfOn from her submarine base at Ostend and Zeebrugge with the south. The indications from the meagre advices thus far at hand are that the Canadians, who bore the brunt of the opera ton, extended their line 800 yards beyond Passchendaele. Numerous German prisoners were taken.
 ITALIAN DECISION
 The decision of the Italians to evac- ate the Tagliamento line was taken fter the enemy had inten N'ied his ressure along the upper reaches of he river in the high lands and pushed orces across the stream in the cen nd f1 | onpelled a simultaneous withdrawal long the northern front from the ella valley to Co1bricon.
 Apparently the main Austro- German orces are not in close contact with 1e retreating Tagliamento army, for streat is indicated by conflagrations yer the route of retirement No claim made by the Germans of Itatans aving been made prisoner.
 CAVALRY IS FIGHTING On the plains the Italian cavalry is oing, the same effective work it did retarding the enemy during the rst eight days of the retreat from le Isonzo, when it held T9utonic ad- ance guards and permitted General adorna to bring his forces to the west anl1 of the stream virtually intact, Scept for his losses in men and guns uring the first mad rush. The morale the Italians at present is declared , be splendid.
 The probability now seems to be lat General Cadorna in falling back as the double purpose of shortening Is battle front from approximately 70 to slightly more than 60 miles ong the Piave river, east of Venice, nd northwesterly to the Trentino giving British and rench endorsements the opportunity } arrive in sufficient numbers to ieck the invaders.
 On the other battle fronts the oper- ions have been of minor character ith artillery duels predominating