The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-11-14
ITALIANS CHECK
.TEUT0N 0NRUSH:
HOPEFOR VENICE
Germans Repulsed After
Crossing Piave River %
Miles From Art Centre.
CAPTURE MONT LONGARA
Invaders Make Small Gains as
Armies Line Up for Battle
on Opposite Shores.

PARIS. Nov. 13. The Italians are
fighting desperately and on the whole
with considerable success to stop the
Austro-German advance over the plains
NJ Nenet!a II is now clear that the
main stand In being made on the Piave
River. and although Venice is being
gradually evacuated by the civilian pop
ulation there Is a fair prospect that the
city will be saved from the blightng
contact Of the Germans.
With the aid OF large boats the Ger
mans crossed the river at Zenson. TWEEN.
ty-three miles northeast o. Venice. and
established a bridgehead, but were re-
pulsed by the Italians toward the river
bank. The Germans have captured Mont
Longara. Immediately northeast Of
Asiago. on the eastern border of the
Trentino. and the armored fort OF Fon-
zaso. Ave miles west of Feltre. This fort
was given up, by the Italians In order TO
straishten their line in this section.
These gains are Of a minor character
the significant thing is that the Italian
resistance has greatly increased and that
the Teuton advance apparently has
lost its momentulN. With the two
armies massed on the opposite banks of
the Piave a great battle cannot be far
distant.
Foe R~pulsed on AsiagO Plain.
Following are the Official reports:
Italian-During the night OF Sum
day the enemy. with renewed and
greater efforts. attempted to attack
the Mount Gallio-Longara-Me di
Gallo front on the Asiago plateau.
During a counter attack following a
desperate struggle the enemy was re-
, pulsed and suffered very serious losses
We'll supported by artillery sof all
calibres. the Ninth Infantry Regi-
ment OF the Regina Brigade and the
/ Verona Alpine Battalion distinguished
| themselves by their bravery. During
, yesterday afternoon intense enemy
movements. which were the prelude to
a new attack, were thwarted effectu-
ally and stopped by our artillery.
| Near Canove. west Of Asiago. our
Sixteenth storming detachment at
| tackled an enemy detachment, and
through Its capture released some OF
! our men who had been made prisoner
during previous actions.
From the Brenta tupper Brenta.
| near ASago) to the lower Piave the
enemy armies. which in the last few
! days had only been hindered In their
! advance by rear guard actions and
stopped by interruptions on the high
:
uated by us and are now in contact
. with our line.
( With the and OF large boats enemy
! groups succeeded at dawn at Monte
San Dona d Piave tabout twenty
three miles northeast OF Nenice) in
( crossing to the right twest) bank Of
the river at Zenson and In establish
ing a bridgehead. Promptly faced by
Z our troops they were counter attacked
and repulscd toward the river bank.
German tday)--In the Settle Com
mune we wres.ed Mont Longara from
the Italians
Troops advancing in the mountains
between the Sugana and the Cismon
valleys took by storm the Leone work
on the Casoni di Campo and the
armored fort on the Casoni di Lena
Fonzaso is in our possession.
on the lower Piave there has been
an increase in the artillery fire.
German tnight) South of the
Subana Valley further high positions
have been captured,