Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-02
italians Loss Now Placed at
10000, but Main Army Is
Sill Intact and Ready to Re-
SiSt,
AUSTR0- GERMANS ARE
IN STRONG POSITIONS
Capture of BridgeheadS Is
Strategic Advantage to In
vaders; OId-faShioned Bat
tie May Be Fought,
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The greater portion of General Ca
dorna's Italian army apparently has
crossed the Tagliamento river and
probably now stands on the western
bank in now line Of defense waiting
to give battle there to the Teutonic
allies.
The advance of the enemy. although
it has been remarkably fast. was not
quick enough to carry out the pur-
pose of the military commander OF
onveloping the Italians and putting
them out of battle i;om the Carnic
Alps to the head of the Adriatic sea.
The Italians lost heavily in men and
guns captured-the latest German of
ficial communication asserting that
more than 1SO,1O men and 1900
guns were taken by the Toutonic al
lies-and also suffered terribly from
hardships due to bad weather and
lack of food as they made their way
across the country to the Tagliamento,
with their rear guards everywhere
harassing the enemy. But General
Cadorna declares that, with the
morale of the men still splendid the
success Of the invaders soon will be
valueless
No attempt to Cross.
On the eastern side Of the Taglia-
mento y Teu'onic allies asve ca.
tured all along the waterway from
Piano to Latisana valuable bridge.
head positions from which to operate
against the italians on the other side
of the stream.
No mention has yet been made OF
any attempts by the enemy to bridge
the stream, now at full freshct, with
pontoons but doubtless strong efforts
in this direction will be made as soon
as sufficient artillery has been mobil-
lied to give effect to this operation.
Should General Cadorna decide to
give battle along the Tagliamento
doubtless the plains of Friuli soon
would resound with the hoofbeats of
cavalry and the clash of the sabre and
witness the greatest scene of open
warfare that has taken place during
the present hostilities. Already the
Italian cavalry has been in action to
the east of the Tagliamento and did
notable work in harasslng the Teu-
tonic allied advance.
Artillery Actions in France,
On the battle fronts in France and
Belgium little activity is being dis
played. except by the artilleries OF the
opposing sides which at various points
are carrying out violent reciprocal
bombardments.
The Petrograd war office reports
another withdrawal Of the German
troops in the Riga region of the north
Russian front. The Russians are keep.
ing in contact with the German rear
guards as they retire to prepared po-
sitions and the significant statement
is made by the Russians that there
are no grounds for supposing that it
will be possible for the retreating ele
ments to be thrown upon any other
front.
Beersheba Is Captured.
In Palestine, British troops have
captured the town of Beersheba a
short distance southwest of Jerusa-
lem, and made prisoners of 500 Ger
mans and Arabs. They also took nine
guns, suffering slight losses them
selves in the operation.
The American transport Finland
was torpedoed recently while return.
ing TO the United States from the war
zone. The vessel wwas damaged but
made port under her own steam.
Many Submarines Sunk.
Between 40 and so per cent of Ger
man submarines operating in the
North sea, the Arctic and the Atlantic
since the beginning Of the war have
been sunk, according to Sir Eric Ged-
des, the new first lord of the admir-
atty, in a statement to the house OF
commons. The building of new Brit
ish tonnage, he added, for the first
nine months of the present year was
1913 per cent higher than for the cor
responding period of last year. One
million tons of shipping had been ar
ranged for, he said, and more than
half of II already was under construc-
tion.s The net reduction in British
tonnage since the beginning of the war
was given as 100000 tons. Sir Eric
concluded by saying that plans must
be made for a long war as he could
see no signs of it being a short one
Norway again has protested to Ger
many against the sinking of Nor
wegian steamships.