The Monte Vista journal., 1917-11-10
GERMAN U.B0A7
SINKS US SH|P
PATROL BOAT ALcEno
DOWN FOUR MINlIrr
BEING ATTACKED.
q OF CREW MISSING
c A N A D ANS WIN pAsccu.
0AElE IN FURIOUS DRIVE
NEAR YPREs.

NEAR YPREs
Western Newspaper Union News s.rv,,.
Washington, Nov. THE Amsri,,,
patrol boat Alcedo was torpedOad ~
sunk by a German submarine IN A.
war zone early Monday morning IND
one officer and twenty enlisted ma,
are missing.
The Alcedo, a converted yacht c,,
ried a crew of seven Officers ,,a
eighty-five men.
The Alcedo is the first Aner,,,
fighting vessel to 20 down in A.
war. The destroyer Cassin on n,,ro
duty, was torpedoed recently but sss
made port safely with the loss Of opl,
one man.
London.-The town Of passchs,.
daele, lying northeast of Ypres, Ia,
been captured by the British forces
according to the official commuDia
tion.
The Italian army is in retreat alons
a great arc 100 miles in length from
the Fella valley to the head Of Ii.
Adr1atic sea. Everywhere the Ausp
Germans are following up the fleeinI
Italians, whose rear guards are often
ing resistance.
The new advance throws the apj
of the British salient in dangerou
proximity to Roulers, the fall
which would cut the German COM
munication with her submarine bass
at Ostend and Zeebrugge.
Germans have been repulsed agah1
in the Verdun section by the FreltA
although no important operation
have been attempted. There is not
ing unusual reported from the Russia
front.
The wounded Americans are
ported to be doing well in the U.
field hospital. The bombardment
this point is continuing, but no ~
ther infantry action has taken place
London, Nov. 6.-Von Macken'a
has broken the new Italian line ~
pushed his troops across the lasl
mento river. War students say Y
struggle now will be race oel6s'
the heavy Teutou artillery anu
allied reinforcements, which are
pected to save the day for ltaiy'
some quarters it Is believed Cao'l
will retire from his positions Oh
Tagliamento and make his stanu Nv
positions which have been Strens9
ened in the rear. His retreat has
yet begun at any point.
Two additional defeats OF ol!O4
forces in Palestine are reporleu "
British and the Russians na,'
pulsed the Turks in the ba'A
region.
British and French continue "
ry out raiding operations IN I 'AD''
Rome, Nov. 5.-Italian forces ,l |.
repulsed with heavy losses a .J :,
attack in the Trentino, and .s,n az
deadly struggle with the Ausuva ~. u,'
mans on the banks Of the laSll'I
The French are continuing 'psa rhss
suit of the Germans along tne .r,s Ir
des.Dames and report the cap'~. ai.orr
eighteen square miles OF tei,,%, f,.tSsr
German troops have met fai'stI I.s
feat northwest of Rheims Sns ..a,,,
attempted violent infantry as,' Ave- ,c
The Germans are destroylas d "A 4
les and plants in Belgium, 'au ~.
believed to indicate that the, ,,or an
ing the way for retrea' .anIs
country. Many rolling ,nsn m led
other big concerns have O''D
ished or looted. ,rIetlOr
Berlin announces the coinp co,ip,sT,l
the Germans of the wi'so Nv. pa1
their line from Chemin u''
plateau. c.orge Prsn
Premier Lloyd Geoiss , and nd
Painleve and high BritlSn "a Itdl
army officials have gone gasd ths
outline relief to be eh'eA @
dorna army by the allies, ,,.sr s1i
A German auxiliary Sru.' cru. were
other armed German ships me NE ~
in the Cattegat, an arm oba
sea, by British ships. Suction d
patches tell of the oe'I MARIE H
other auxiliary cruiser MOI