The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-10-30
(By Associated Press.)

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Italian resistance to the Austro- G err
man onslaught along the Isonzo ap.
parcntly is stifrening, as General Ca.
dOrna prepares to reform his forces
along the strong defensive line of
the Tagliamento river. The entire
lsOnZo line has been turned, and the
rarso position has been given up to
the victorious Teuton soldiers, who
are now before Udine, the former Ital.
ian general headquarters. Later re.
ports indicated that the Austro-Ge
mans had captured Udine.
Despite the crushing blow suffered
by the Italian forces on the northern
isonzO and the consequent retirement
all along the river, General Cadorna
has the Tagliamento line from which
to beat back the invaders from the
Venetian plains. Berlin does not re.
port any additional capture of prison.
ers, and this, coupled with Cadorna's
statement that his troops are check.
ing the Austro-Germans, may mean
that the force Of the first blow has
been spent.
Fear New Drive.
TeutOn activity is reported in the
region Of PlOreken pass, in the Carnic
Alps, where the Tagliamento turns
westward. A strong advance here
might make the Tagliamento line ,un..
tenable, as also would any Austro-
German efforts in force southwark
from the Carnic and Dolomite Alps.
The Italian high command must con.
slider, too, the possibility of blow
from the Trentino. From Swiss
sources it is reported that the AustrO.
Swiss frontier has been closed and
that German reinforcements are being
hurried to the Italian front. This may
mean either supports for the invad.
ers west of the Isonzo or material for
a new drive from the mountains south.
ward behind the Tagliamento.
Meanwhile, there are no reports OF
any activity in the TrentinO, and
Great Britain and France have taken
steps to reinforce the Italians. What
form this help is taking has not yet
been disclosed.
Raids and small operations are Oc.
cupying the troops on the front in
France The artillery is very active
along the Aisne front and northeast
of Ypres in Flanders.
London, Oct. dissatisfaction with
the decision of Great Britain and
France to help the Italians is ex-
pressed by most of the morning pa
pers, which again urged that whatever
assistance is possible must be given
without delay There is, of course,
no certain Indication of the exact form
this help will take, but the general
assumption seems to be that concrete
reinforcements contributed by Great
Britain and France will appear on
the Italian front. The Morning Post.
however, contends that the best way
of helping Italy is to keep hammering
the Germans on the western front. 1t
adds:
Won't Help Them.
"A German victory over the Italians
will not help them if we keep strik-
ing hard at Flanders. 1t is maxim
in war never to allow the strategy
to be diverted to the enemy, and ev-
cry move now is an attempt to create
diversion from the western front"
Break Italian Line.
The Milan correspondent OF the
Times, in a dispatch filed Sunday, re-
fers to the breaking of the Italian
line at certain points where the Ger
mans carried on no heavy prelimin-
ary bombardment. and says that on
the Carso, to the contrary, not one
of the innumerable attacks has given
an inch of ground lately to the enemy.
"The troops on the Carso,' ne
writes, 'have already passed through
hell and beyond"
No details have yet arrived OF the
results of the fighting on the north
ern end of the IsonzO front. He says
the fighting there for the first hou:
of attack has been as glorious ana
eDic as it's winning in 1913.
Berlin. Oct 3O.-The Austrians and
Germans are pushing forward toward
the course of the Tasliamento river.
the statement says The Austro-Ger-
man troops advancing from the Carnia
Alps, have reached Venetian soil on
the whole front and are pressing for
ward against the upper course OF the
Tagliamento.
The retirement of the defeated ltal-
ian army is being stemmed at the
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