Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-05
ALLIES UNITE
TOOPPOSE FOE.
SAYSSEC. BAKER
England and France Already
Have Sent Reinforce
ments to Italy

Washington. Nov. 5. - England.
France and Italy stand firmly united
t. oppose any further advance of the
enemy in the Italian sector says the
War Departments weekly review of
military operations. The statement
suggests that the Teutons. probably
thought Italy would be left to her
fate or that the allies would be un-
able to dispatch the necessary forces
in time. but declares that England
and France already have sent large
reinforcements and the western front
to-day stretches from the North Sea
to the Adriatic.
Only bare mention of the Ameri-
can troops in France is made by the
department. In pointing out that
the momentous events in Italy must
not lead us to forget that the prin-
cipal battlefront of the war remains
in France and Flanders, then says
here our forces are lighting"
Our attention during the past
week has been centered on the gt-
gantic struggle now going on in tine
Fruilian Plain" says Secretary Baker
The Austro- German forces, breaking
through the Italian defenses alon
the upper reaches of the Isonzo, have
erupted into the lowlands, and car
ried forward a series of rapidly CO.
ordinated operations. (which have re-
suited in the conquest of much ter
ritory.
Fighting i'm Open
Trench warfare has, for the time
being, been abandoned. Great troop
masses are maneuvering in open
country.
Under the direction of General
Cadorna, the Italian armies nave
withdrawn to the west band of the
Tagliamento river.
The momentous events in Italy
should not lead us to forget that the
mains, as it has been since the begin
ming, the important sectors of the
western front, in France and Elan
ders.
Here the overwhelming bulk of
enemy strength is concentrated. Here
our forces are lighting.
steadily the France British forces
are pushing forward.
Success In Flanders
I'm Flanders, allies attacks were
particularly successful. The British
have compelled the Germans to re-
tire north of, the Ypres- -Roulers road
North of the Aisne the French
have enlarged their success of the
preceding week by taking certain viii
lagos, which they have successfully
held in the fact of strong counter
attacks by the enemy. Though men,
toned only briefly in dispatches these
operations are of great tactical Inn
portance.
The Germans, unable to withstand
the intense pressure of the French in
this sector, have made retiring
movement. AS yet no exact indications
have been received as 10 it's extent
though it is anticipated that it may
result in a readjustment of the enemy
line in the region of Laon, La Fere
end even northward to st. Quentin.
I'm the Verdun sector, the enemy
after violent bombardments. launched
several sanguinary attacks, which
were beaten off by the French One
attack in the area of Chaume WOOD
was temporarily successful.
Along the eastern front there has
been. little change in the situation
to draw in his outposts in the Riga
sector, but no engagements of impor-
tance are reported.
British Make Gains
The Germans have evacuated the
Werder peninsula. This leaves the
enemy without any foothold on the
northern peninsula of the Gulf of
Riga. and would indicate that he is
contemplating no further advance on
Petrograd for the time being.
In Palestine the British have
scored n distinct success by the cap
ture of Beersheba, including large
rumber of prisoners. The Turkish
forces commanded by German officers
and assisted by heavy artillery, put
up a determined resistance.
The British are extending thelf
pe ms in this area and pushing north
ward towards Jerusalem, which OBJ
icctive is now less than forty miles
| distant