The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-10
ALLIED SOLDIERS
ARE NOW IN ITALY
The First Contingent of French
and British Troops HaVea
Reached CadOrna.
TEUTONS HOLD BR!DGEHEADS
invading Hosts Capture Important Po-
sitions Along Tagliamento River
Little Activity on West Front.

Washington, Nov. 2.-French and
British troops have reached the Italian
front and have been welcomed with
the greatest enthusiasm by the>ItaIian
army, press and people, according to
official cablegrams from Rome which
reached Italian officials in Washing
ton today.
The greater portion of General Ca
dorna's Italian army probably now
stands on the western bank Of the
Tagliamento river, in new line of de-
Tense waiting to resist the Teutonic
allies.
German Plan Fails.
The advance of the enemy, although
remarkably fast, was not quick enough
to envelope the Italians and put them
out of battle from the Carnic Alps to
the head of the Adriatic Sea. General
Cadorna declares that, with the morale
of his men still splendid, the success
Of the invaders soon will be made val
ueless.
On the eastern side of the TagIia-
mentO, from Piano to Latisana the
Teutonic allies have captured valuable
bridgehead positions from which to
operate against the Italians. No men
ton has been made of attempts by
the enemy to bridge the stream, now
at full freshet
Should General Cadorna choose the
Place for the big battle that is to come,
doubtless the Plains of Friuli soon
will witness the greatest scene of open
warfare that has taken place during
the present hostilities. Already the
Italian cavalry has been in action east
Of the Tagliamento and, did notable
work in harassing the advance.
Quiet in West
On the battle fronts in France and
Belgium little activity is being dis
played, except by the artilIeries, which
at various points are carrying out vio-
lent reciprocal bombardments.
Petrograd reports another with
drawal of the German troops in the
Riga region of the north Russian front.
The Russians are keeping in contact
with the German rear guards as they
retire to prepared positions, and the
statement is made that there are no
grounds for supposing that it will be
possible for the retreating elements
to be thrown upon any other front
This may indicate that the Russians
are carrying out an operation so strong
that the Germans will not be able to
send re-enforcements to the Italian
and western fronts.
Italians Reach New Line.
London, Nov. Reuters CORES
pondent at Italian army headquarters
sends the following:
Perfect order prevails among the
Italian troops on their new line of de-
Tense. They are eager again to offer
combat to the enemy and are conf
dent of their ability to turn the tables
upon the Austro-Germans
All the British troops on the Italian
front we're able to withdraw from the
Italian main body, a majority of them
in safety.
only six of seventy British Red
Cross ambulances were taken by the
enemy, but eight were abandoned in a
disabled condition. Two units and also
twelve nurses of the second and third
units as well as twelve nurses of the
first unit have not yet reached the
concentration post, but it is believed
they have been delayed owing to the
difficulty of transit"
Virtually one thousand square miles
of Italian territory have been overrun
by the German and Austro-Hungarian
armies in their eight days drive from
the Isonzo and Carnic Alps front Of
the Austre-Ita1ian war theater-
From the east the enemy invasion
on the center of the battle front now
is well within gun range Of the Taglia-
mento river, where it has been pre-
sumed that General Cadorna would
turn and make a stand. The Italian
commander-in-chief, however, has not
yet brought his troops about to face
the enemy, but is continuing his re-
treat with the rear guards harrassing
the advance. Just where Cadorna pur-
poses to give battle has not become
apparent. Neither is it known how
well the northern and southern fIanks
Of his army are keeping pace with the
retirement in the center.