Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-14

HOLD;ITALIAN
ARMY ALER T
Desperate Fighting Marks
Enemy Attempts to
Cross.

Rome. Nov. IA withdrawal
0i the Italian forces in the north,
IN the region of ASiagO is an
bounced by the war office.
On the lower Pia1e river the at
tack continues on the Germans,
who yesterday eiiected a crossing
near Lcuson. The statement says
the enemy has not yet been dis
lodged completely.
Anaticmpt Of the enemy to cross
the PiNc between QuaT0 and Fe-
mere was suppressed. The enemy
suffered severely.
Italian Headquarters i'm Italy,
Tuesday, NOV. ~, (by the Assoc
eiajcI Prcss).-rhe Piaye line
still holds in the main against
heavy and continuous artillery
ire IRON the eastern bank and the
efforts Of the AustrO-Germans TO
cross the stream. These efforts
have not taken the proportions OF
general movement but several
battalOns crossed the river on
pontuOBs near XenSOn.
The Italian artillery concentrated
is hrs on the raiding parties, either
destroying them in mid-stream or
pushing them back on the river bank.
The lighting here was desperate and
sanguiuary. Men who have returned
from the batteries along the Piave
say the German fire is extremely
heavy bat from middle calibre guns.
Chief attention is now directed to-
wards The eastern sector of the Tren-
tho front where it runs across the
Asiag1 plateau to the upper Ptaye
river. The enemy is making demon
STATIONS there which are either d.
version or a prelude to heavy at
tack with the evident purpose Of get
TING down into the valley toward Bias
sano and the plains below, thus sep
ara,ius the Italian army on the Tren.
tno from that on the Piaye.
Four Vain Fronts.
Reports indicate the enemy is oper
a,ing lu four main fronts. Genera
BoToey.u is on the lower Piave, Gen
eral Won Below is on the upper Piaye
General kronbatin is in the eastern
Tren..uo. and General Courad in TIL,
western Treutino. This gives Vol
Below the task of trying to force tn
center Mile BoroeviO and Conrad
press u the Piave and Trentino wings
The number OF troops under the Aus
tro-Germau commanders is not known
Am Italian aviator who made on
o. the last fights over Udine afte
70 Ta- evacuated SAYS the city wa
damaged only little. He saw Cevera
large fires at separated points an
the hope is expressed that one o
them WAS not the city hall Of UdinC
which s % handsome monument O
Venetian architecture resembling tn
uoges palace.
IT'D. .uter-allied council is consider
Ing measures for the adequate proteC
ton H. Venice
Graphic Story OF Front.
Italian Headquarters in Norther
Italy Tuesday Nov. -, tby the Assc
c'ated pressi-A section Of Italia
armored motor cars. each Of whic
mounts three quick hrers In the tut
} retS, is just back from one of tn
most thrilling experiences Of the wa
The duty To- which these cars wer
assigned was TO hold the bridges frol
The I4gliamento TO the Piaye river
until The cavalry rear guards hs
PASSED across. and then to burn tn
bridges behind them, The commando
ana "a number of his men were see
by The correspondent az their cam
where they recounted their exp
Fences as though they were ever
div occurrences.
Huge cars resembling tanks stoC
soout az The camp, showing the sea-
received In the recent ordeal The
nave heavily armored bodies. The
a steel door and for Observable
purposes two small openings are pr
Nlaed. The two turrets above revoly
me upper one having one quick fire
We lower two.
The orders we're to "hoId TO q
Death the bridges at Sacile, Pole
ago, Santa Lucia and San Giovan
yhl.i the Bersaglieri and cavalry hi
crossed That they succeeded
shown by the fact that al4 the re
guards made their way over t
bridges that all the bridges we
burned and that the section return
leaying only one damaged MACH
WIN the enemy, although Is of {
W ears we're in such crippled cont
Won that it was necessary to aband
mem after the bridges were burned
HOraiiOs at the Bridge.
The machines were divided. 10
Jug stationed at each of the 70
rdgeheads After seeing their o.
rear guards safely across they await
NE approach Of the enemy advar
snards, even staying in some cas-
NJ sHtil the cars were surrounded
~ Aostlle patrols which were IN
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