The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-15
ADVANCE of Teuton Right
Along Northern Reaches OF
Pave New Development
ENEMY NOW In NINE
NILES OF VENICE
ltali ms, In Stubborn Resist
ance, win Many Local Vic
tories, hut Danger Is Rapidly
Inciea sung

London. November 14.--Vanguard Of
the Teuton left wing. having crossed
the Piaye, are now nine miles from
Venice, as the crow flies.
Between the point they have
-eached--Porto di Pave Vecchia--and
this world s most beautiful city there
lies. however series of deep bays,
and unless the Teutons cross en- masse
at the bridgehead of San Dona dt
Piave, there Is no serfoas menace u
Venice for the present.
Ear mare threatening is new ad-
vance by the Teuton right along this
northern reaches of the Piave and q
simultaneous southwark thrust by
part of the Teulon Trentino army, an
uounced by Berlin today and partly
conceded by Rome.
Encircling Movement Threatens
The Austro- German army that swept
down from the Sugana valley has
taken the town of Prim olano. gate
way the open space between the
mountains of Northern Venetia Tn
less the Teutons here are promptly
checked. they Will by dash SOUTH
ward to Carpona. Bassano and Ctta-
della--on the Italian life line'-ac.
complish their chief strategic aim,
which is to encircle the entire Italian
army on the Piave, at the same time
outfianking the italian Trentino forces.
The climax in the Venetian Matte
Is manifestly at hand. The Italians
are fighting everywhere with heroic
stuhboruness. AL many points. par
ticularly in the mountain front, they
have ter-attacked and driven
back the invaders. But the larger
strategic program of the Teutons, mill
ttary experts here admitted tonight,
has been brought a further step to-
ward it's realization by the develops
ments nj the, last twsntt four &nusa. ct-s
There is a we'll grounded belief In
military circles that General piaz.
Cadorna's successor. realizing tie eyer-
growing menace from the rear. al
ready has begun moving his main
forces westward toward the AdiSe
, leaving only strong rear guards 10 inn
pede the Teuton advance across the
| Piave The abandonment of all Of
venetia- with Venice, appeared in
evita BILE tonight.
| Reinfor, ements Have Not Arrived Yet.
! The Franco-British reinforcements
| that have been rushed to italy's sue
| cor have not yet Joined the Italian
: forces 1t will be several days hefors
! they can do so. This was stated to-
night by Major-General F. B. Maurice.
! chief director of military operations 1T
| the British war Office,
The Teutons are now across the
Piave at both tanks. On the lower
/
! Zenson. the point nearest to Venice
| (some nineteen miles to the northeast
/ Of that city} Thence they advanced
1 through the marshy coastlands 10
| Porto di Piave Vecchia. The italiansE
! according to the Rome bulletin, drove
them back. but have not yet succeed
ed In dislodging the enemy conf
pletely'
! In the north the Teutons are on the
1 rivers west bank at Feltro where the
Piave turns sharply to the east toward
Bellune. 81
The town is in German hands. Barr
! lin announces. Here. and mmediatelys
| to the west, lies the gravest menace
;, to the Italian armies. The Teutoa
| right wing that came from the lsonzA
! has now virtually Joined hands with
| the Austro-German Trentino forces
which came to meet them from tile
! Sugana valley. The two armies are
t now trring to push through to the
/ south to lead the Sedan" movement
), into the Italian rear, To do SO they
/ must pass southwark OF Primolono be-
/ tween two powerful mountain ridges,
!, marked by Monte Bertiaga, .outhwess
I of Asiago. and Monte Grappa, SOUTH
east of f'rimolono Through the open
I space between these ridges they are
trying to wedge themselves toward
Bassano. whence a railway leads To
I Ci,adella- TITS whole movement Is
being carried some forty miles to
the northwest that is, in the rear.
of the italian center on the PiaveT-
H. indeed. thtt center stiil standS on
the river and has not yet begun fur-
ther retirement westward.
Win Local Advantages.
The italians are not idle. Besides
meeting the heavy Teuton harrage fire
4 across the river with continuous ana
sustained -cannonade. thew
have fought and won many local in-
fantry engagements. In some of these
. the Teutons lost heavily. according 10
Rome The Italians even took pris-
oners,- Between Qaere and Feftre, for
instance, the Austro-German troops
met defeat in an attempt to cross the.
Pave. They were equally beaten on
1t San dona ~ Piave and at Intesta-
. dura, suffering very serious losses 4
: Rome reports.
Apart from their SUCCESSFUL advances
In the north. the Teutons were suc~
cessful In crossing the river only At
! Grtsoiera, four miles north of the sea.
r Just below San Dona di Piave. Here
i according to the Italian official state
. ment. enemy groups succeededsin nj
, tering through into TIM n,arshy region
Z between the ptase and pssstssa. where
however. they are held"
In the mountains between LAke
Il Garda and Lake Ledro, q well-prs-
3 pared Teuton thrust failed completely
thanks to the effective Resistance -
Tered by our troops. and the eaMm14