Bisbee daily review., 1917-11-16
.TEUT0NS TRY DESPERATELY
 ID VANQU|SH |TALy'S H0LD
Austro-C German Forces Endea- voring to Break Italian Lines Before Help From Britain and France Arrives on Front
(By Review Leased wireJ

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 With the Russian situation stil ob- scured by reason of the fact that no direct advices are being received from PetrogIad or Moscow. the Italian siul- alton remains Of transcendant inter- est in the news of the world war
 Everywhere along the battle front from Lake Garda eastward. and thence southward along the Piave river to the Adriatic sea, the Italians are hold ing the enemy in check. except in the hilly region in the vicinity Of tho Asiago plateau, where additional gains have been made by the invaders. The new advances made by the Teutonic allies do not indicate that points of strategic value have been won. but that the Italians on various sectors have given ground before super numbers and have straightened out and lessened the length of their front.
 Huns Hit Hard
 In the hills north of the Venetian plain. General Diaz. the commander in-chief of the Italians. has withdrawn his advanced forces south of Monte TomiticO. On the Asiago plateau and thence eastward to where thc battle front meets the upper reaches oT the Piave river, the German and Austro- Hungarian forces are adding strength to their attacks. doubtless hoping to drive through the highland country to the plains of Venetia before the ex- pected arrival Of British and French endorsements.
 Italians Reinforced
 Notwithstanding the arduous retreat from the IsOnzo westward. the Ital- ians evidently have been able to re- inforce their northern line sufficiently to give battle to the enemy in such strength as to prevent a precipitate invasion of the lOwlands. where un- douhtedly it is the ambition of the enemy to turn the flank of the de- lenders and force a withdrawal of their line still farther westward
 Along the Piave from the region of Feltre to the Adriatic. the invaders at numerous points have endeavOred to make new crossings of the river. but everywhere they have been thwarted. Those already on the west bank of the river are being held to their origi- nal positions by artillery and rifle.
 Near Benson the positions of the enemy gradually are being eneroached upon, while near the mouth of the river at Grisolera the invaders in the swampy lowlands constantly are un- der a vigorous shell and rife fire.
 In Russia
 Varied reports are still coming through concerning the situation in Russia. but out of the maze it has been impossible to disentangle ono statement that may be considered One report has Petro- grad in flames. and another has 2000 persons killed in the streets of Mos COW during the fighting between the Kerensky and Bolsheviki factions Still another is to the effect that a coalition government has been formed in Moscow with members of the BOl- sheviki holding portfolios in it. Other reports are to the effect that anarchy reigns in Kiev and other Russian cities. and that exeesses against the Jews are being con- mitted.
 Comparative quiet still prevails along the western front in France and Belgium.
 Georges Clemenceau. one of Frances most eminent public men and for mer premier. will form a new French ministry.