Bisbee daily review., 1917-11-11
AID REACHES II TAL|AhS IN
 BAT TTER|ES IF
 GUNS
First Aid From the Allies Reaches Italian Front to Aid the Struggling Troops in Fighting the Rear Guard Actions.

ACLlOnS.
 The eagerly awaited aid for Italy's hard pressed troops on the Piave line has reached the battle front in the form of British batteries. according to dispatch from Italian headquart- CTS. These batteries are expected 10 give support in staying the Austro- German advance. which task hereto fore has been boren chiefly by infan- try actions of the Italian rearguard.
 Withthe opposing armies lined up along a thirty-mile stretch of the Piave river in it's lower course and in fighting touch with each other on a wide front stretching westward through the hills to the north of the Venetian plain, a real test of ctreng,h seems in prospect for the first time since the Italian armies in northeast ern Italy began their retreat from the IsonZo.
 Flank Move Starts.
 Hitherto the main force of the Aus tro-German thrust into Italy in this campaign has been from the northeast. With their left standing along the eas; bank of the lower Piave. however. the Teutonic armies apparently have now begun to exert their chief pressure with their right wing from the north. along the line bending sharply west from Asiago. thirty miles from the Ad- riatic on the Piave
 Austro-H Hungarian forces. Berlin an- nounced on Saturday. are pressing for ward in the Sugana valley as well as in the upper Piave. The Trentind region virtually begins at the Sugara. Thus there is being developed in this district the predicted fianking attacl; On the Italian left. which has been as probably the most ser ious throat tO the Italian line which the Teutonic command could bring to bear. Upon successful resistance to this drive from the north depends the stability of the whole Italian front Co the east, as well as continued posses sion of Venice and what remains of the northeastern neck of Italy
 Defense Plans Unknown.
 Just what line the Italian command has chosen for. resistance to the flank ing operation is not apparent but if run north of Asiago. twenty miles west of Susegana it is apparent that the invading armies already have gained a decided advantage. for Berlin re- ports the capture of AsiagO. after hard fighting in the streets. lt is nearly a dozen miles. however. from Asiago to the Venetian plains. thd objective. with the route running through a hilly coun- try. lending itself admirably to de- fense. as was shown in the Austrian offensive of 1916 when the enemy halted in the Asiago region.
 In Flanders.
 In Flanders the British have won another decided success in enlarging the salient in the Passchendaele re- zion. Attacking early Saturday on a 2.50O yard front they pushed for ward along the ridge and in the marshy district to the northwest to a maximum depth of about half a mile. many strongly fortified pO- sitions.
 Turks Lose.
 British forces in Palestine are con tinuing their northward march. follow ing the retreating Turks. They have now advanced nearly twenty miles in the coast region since their capture of Gaza recently and have nearly attained the latitude Of Jerusa- lem. That city is more than forty niles inland. however. and the inter or British column moving from Beer ;beba. apparently has made less rapid orogress than the coastal force. The British have taken more than seventy ,uns and inflicted estimated casualty If 10 coo on the Turks. exclusive of prisoners.
 Action In East.
 Germany shows signs of continuing her aggressive moves in northern Russian waters. Following on advices hat German troops had landed on the 'orces had entered Helsingfors. Cape