The sun., 1917-11-06
FOE CROSSES
|TAGLIAMENTO IN
GREAT FORCE
italian Left Wing Reported
in Danger of Being
Cut Off.
PRESSURE rs SEVERE
Austro-G Germans Apparent
ly Trying to Cut Cadorna's
Line in Two.
5000 MORE CAPTURED
French and British Troops
/ Pouring In. Rush to Aid the
Tmperilled Forces.
600 MORE CAPTURED

LONDON. Nov. S-Austrc-German
troops in force have crossed the raelia.
mento River and are proceeding west
ward In. their invasion Of Italy. Al the
same time tremendous pressure Is being
exerted further to the north, the enemy
plan apparently being to cut Gen. Ca
dorna's line in two. possibly with the re-
suit Of surrounding and crushing tire
Italian force to the north, cutting OF the
southern army and leaving the central
allied force TO battle alone against the
invaders to give further ground
Whether the crossing Of the Taglia-
mento, which was effected at Pinzano.
forty miles from the Adratlc. &, as ss-
rious as II appears Is a. question upper
most In the minds of military experts. II
has been pointed out repeatedly that the
river may not have been intended as
permanent line and that the stand MADE
there may have been little more than a
rearguard action upon an elaborate
scale. Cadorna plainly has been play
ing for time, while IL has been Just as
apparent that speed wsa the essential
element of the German strategy.
Berlin announces that 6,ooo additional
prisoners were made In the fighting at
| Finzano and that number OF guns also
were taken. Rome refers briefly to the
operation, merely reporting she fact that
a crossing wa. effected. Pinsauo IL sev-
enteen miles from Cdine Below II the
river banks become very marshy and
difficult, for the passage Of troops. but
| above the ground rs higher and frrler
| These facts are believed to have played
/ \ big part IN the German plsn 10 cut on
I ne italian army 10 the north.
! Ncw Poisonous Gas Csed.
! With the British and French Premiers
! In Rome IN conference with high au-
/ thoritie> there and with additional as
aistance of both British and French
! troops pouring In Il ia apparent that the
I Allies are making every effort to coun-
| terac. the sledgeha nircr blows of Mack
enser sn,; Below.
I rtH General commanding the Third
! Army Corps OF Branderburg has been
/ killed al Cdine. according TO a despatch
! from Rome. He was in an automobile
when II was fred or by two carbneers
His aid wa, wounded seriously and
/ made prisoner.
Adyices hv way o. Amsterdam tell
how the enen-~ attacked Gor,z with
a new poisonous gas. moro deadly than
any here'ofr-e used IN the war and
made increasingly so hv the fact that
heavy rain kept it close to the ground
Even should tho latest action or the
Taglianento prove serious. II is though
the Italian commander in chief has dis.
| counted II ard that other and much
stron ger positions are ready in the rear
, At no time since the retreat from the
Isonzo front began has there been men
zion OF the exact line Of defence elected
hv Cadorna Another point on which
silence Is observed. in Berlin a. we'll as
In Rome, IL the movement inauguratef
last SATURDAY, IN the Trentno. appar-
emily with the object Of nushing south
along the banks OF Lake Garda. through
Erescia and out upon the plains lv,rs
between Milan and Verona
OMctRl Reports of Operations.
The following official reports ~ IN.
frhtnC were issued to-day,
German Cpayl--Gernan and Aus
'ro-Hungarian divisions have gained
The crossing on Nh" middle 1sg'ia
mento and are advancing westward.
From the Italian br'gades defeated
IN this engagement more than 5000
prisoners and n number n guns have
been taken
German tN'ghD-1n upper Italy
good progress il being made.
italian tpayl--The enemy. who has
succeeded in bringing some Of h!s
= forces on to the right bank 81 the
Tacliamento. north Of pinzano. has
, intensified hts pressure against IN. lef'
wing Of our line
On Saturday night ard Sunday o,;-
I airplanes and airships effectively
! bombed hostile troops IN the basins Of
2 Caporetto and Toln1'no and along ,he
= loft bank OF the Tagliamento. on
Saturday. I'm addition 70 the two ma
; chimes mentioned Yesterday. our dvia,-
ors brought down three enemy ar-
y planes one fell IN tho vicinity of
Caldonazzo and the other two near
n the lagoon At Grade