Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-02

The greater part of General Cador- mas army apparently has crossed the Tagifamento river and probably now stands on the western bank in a new line of defense waiting to give battle there to the Teutonic allies
 The advance of the enemy, although 3t has been remarkably fast was not quick enough to carry out the purpose of the military commanders of enve1op- ing the 1tahans and putting them out of battle from the Carnic Alps to the head of the Adriatic Sea
 The Italians lost heavily in men and gurs captured-the latest German of fcial communication asserting that moro than 1s0.o0 men and 1,s00 guns were taken by the Teutonic allies and also. suffered terribly from hard ships due to bad weather and lack of food as they made their way across the country to the Tasiiamento: with their rear guards everywhere haras sing the enemy But General Cador- ma declares that with the morale of his men stin splendid, the success of the invaders soon win be made nil
 Captures Made by Teutonie Allies.
 On the eastern side of the Taglia- nento the Tentonic allies have cap tured all along the waterway from Pfzano to LzGsana valuable bridge head positions from which to operate against the Italians on the other side of the stream No mention has yet
 
 emy- to bridge the stream, now at full freShet. with 'pontoons. but doubtless strong efforts in this direction will be made as soon as sufficient artillery has been mobilized to give effect to this operation.
 Should General Cadorna, however,
 scide to stand and give battle along tbe Tagliamento. choosing the Piave for Che big battle that Is to come. doubtless the plains of Fruili soon will resound with the hoofbeats of tH. 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 has done notable work in harassing the Teuto1iIc allied advance.
 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 carving out violent reciprocal bombardments-
 Germans Withdraw From Riga.
 The Petrograd war office reports an other withdrawal of the German troops fn the Riga region of the north Rus sian front The Russians are in con- tact with the German rear guards as they retire to prepared positions. and | the significant statement is made by | the Russians that there are no great | grounds for supposing 1t will be pos sibie for the retreating clements to be i thrown upon any othe- front This possibly may indicate that the Rus sians are carrying out an operation so strong that the Germans will not be | able to deplete their forces by send ! fnE endorsements to the Italian and | western fronts.
 In Palestine British troops have captured the town of Beersheba, a | short distance southwest of Jerusalem, | and made prisoner of 1.S00 Germans | and Arabs. They also took nine guns. i suffering slight losses themselves in the operation Was torpedoed recently while return ing to the United States from the war zone The vessel was damaged but i made port under her own steam
 Many U-Boats Sunk.
 Between forty and fifty per cent. of North Sea, the Arctic and the Atlantic l Dince the beginning of the war have | been sunk according to Sir Eric l Eeddes. t'T> new first lord of the | British admiralty. in 2 statement to l Nae house of commons The build 1 %g Of new British tonnage, he added, | tor the first nine month> of the pres | pnt year was 123 per cent higher than | Tor the corresponding period of last rear One million tons of shipping | had bcSn arranged for, he said, and | more than half of it already was un- der construction The net reduction fin British tonnage since the beginning | of tho war was given as 2.500.0 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 1 short one Norway again has protested to Ger l many against the sinking of Norve- gfan steamships, saying these acts have made a deep impression upon the | Norwegian people. MEASURING NEWS