New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-23
ITALIANS HOLD
LINE ON pave
HUNDREDS OF AUsTRo-GERMANS
TAKEN PRISONER BY KING
vIcTOR's TROOPS.
CAPTURE JAFFA
GERMAN FLEET FLEES FROM
BRITISH AFTER DEFEAT IN
THE NORTH SEA.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London.--Five German submarines
were destroyed on the 18th alone,
Premier Lloyd George told the House
of Commons.
London, Nov. 20.-The first indica-
tions the Italians probably will be
forced to abandon the Piave river line
tie front that the Germans. who pre-
viously have used only light field
pieces against Diaz troops, are now
bringing up the heaviest howitzers
and laying the stage for a tremendous
assault before the full strength Of al
lied help arrives.
The Italians are holding the middle
and lower reaches Of the Pave river
successfully against the Teutonic in
vaders and have thrown back the
greater portion of those who crossed
the stream. The enemy is trying with
strong forces to the north to beat
back the troops of Gen. Diaz, pierce
the line and force a retirement west
ward from the region of Vidor to the
Adriatic sea.
The invaders have captured several
important points of vantage, notably
the village of Quero and Monte Cor
nelle-and have compelled the Ital-
ians under a heavy bombardment to
evacuate their strongly fortified posi-
ton on Monte TOmba. The Germans
announced also the taking of LOO
prisoners during the fighting.
All the enemy forces which last
week crossed the river Piave near
Zenson have been swept clear Of the
the Italians.
Indications point to another attack
by Field Marshal Haig in Flanders
and possibly by Cen. Peta:n's forces
near Nerdun.
London.-Promier Lloyd George de-
Tended himself in the House of Com
mons against the first serious attack
his administration has faced, and so
far as the commons is concerned his
defense seemed highly successful.
The prime minister's admirers call It
a triumph. The attack was focused
upon two points-the character Of the
war council which the premier an
nounced in Paris and the condemna-
ton of the allies past strategy, which
he pronounced in his Paris speech.
Rome, Nov. 19.-The armies of Italy
are making a stand along the Piave
river. They have thrown back masses
Of Austro-German troops that have
been hurled against them in an effort
to break the line, which has not been
preached at any point.
The invaders for a week have been
to force the Italian defenses on
The Piave, but have been u%nsuccess-
and the Italian army seems to
nave been strengthened during that
line. Hundreds of Austrian and Ger
nan soldiers have been captured In
he last repulse and twenty-seven ma
chine guns taken.
In Flanders the British have pushed
north on Goeberg spur, north
vest Of Passchendaele, and captured a b
strongly fortified redoubt.
Germans report the capture of 500
Italians in the Monte Prassolyn drive.
The British troops in Palestine are
giving the Turks no rest. Jaffa has
,een captured by them, the Ottoman
orces offering no resistance. 1t is
'tated that the Turks r in retire
nent northward.
The German naval forces encoun-
cred by British light war craft in
he North sea Saturday were forced
o seek a haven Of safety under the
protection of their battle fleets and
,ehind the mine fields Of Helgoland.
Italian Headquarters in Northern
talv, Nov. 1.-THE floodgates Of the
lave and Sile, or Old Piave, rivers
ave been opened by Italian military
ngineers and the enemy is now faced
v another User of inundation,
German Aviators Again Raid Nancy.
Paris.-German airmen raided Nan
y again, the war office announced.
here were no casualties among the
population.
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