Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
AUsTR0-G!ERMANs
WIN ENTIRE LINE
Italians Evacuate Positions
Along Tag|iamento.
ROME ADMITS new RETREAT
Retirement to New Lines Carried Out
MethodicalIy-CavaIry Acting as
Rear Guard and Fighting
heroicalIy.

Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Nov. 1.-THE Italian retirement
to new lines Is being methOdically car
ried out. The morale Of the troops Is
good In all ranks. The cavalry is
again acting as a rear guard in a
screening movement and fighting hero
ically.
Teutons Seize Entire Line.
Berlin, Nov. 1.-THE Italian line on
the TagliamentO river has been won
by the Austro Germans, it was official
~ announced by the German general
staff. The Italians have evacuated the
entire line along the river to the
Adriatic coast.
The German statement says that
from the Fella valley to the Colbrison,
north of the Sugana valley, the Ital-
ians are retreating.
This region includes the front along
the DolOmites and the Cernic Alps.]
CONGREGATIONS, the German state
ing taken by the retiring Italians is
between the mountains and the sea
through the upper Italian plain.
Berlin Tells of Big Retreat.
The announcement is as follows:
'The TagliamentO line has been won
by us. The Italians are again in re-
treat between the mountains and the
sea. CONGREGATIONS indicate their route
of retirement through the upper 1tal-
ian plain.
"The military operations, which re-
suited in crossing at the mountain
edge by German and AustroHun
garian, division, which was eager to
advance, drove Wedge into the natur-
ally strong defensive positions Of the
enemy on the western bank Of the
river. The rapid widening of the
bridgehead thus gained by successful
fighting compelled the enemy to evacu.
ate the whole river line to the Adriatic
coast. Up the river to the Fella valley
Italian brigades still held out Mon
day.
1.-THE pressure of our advance has
also compelled the Italians to give up
their mountain front. From the Fella
valley to the Colbricon, north of the
Sugana valley, on width OF more
than $50 kilometers (93) miles the
Italians have had to give up zones of
defense which they have consolidated
for years past and are in retreat.
"Further operations Of 'the allied
(Austro- Germany armies have been
begun" e.. 1af re
Rome Admits Yielding Ground.
Rome, Nov. 1.-THE Italians have
been compelled to evacuate territory
In the mountainous area north Of the
plains of northern Italy in order to
establish their new line, the war office
reports. The enemy occupied this ter
ritory after the Italian withdrawal.
The statement is as follows:
Besides persisting in intensified
pressure from the zone, of the upper
TaglimentO against our left wing, the
enemy has pushed various detach-
ments toward the middle and lower
course of the river. Some hostile van
guards, which came into contact with
detachhents of a grenadier brigade
southeast Of st. Vito-al-Tagliamento,
were repulsed.
ITO establish our new lines we were
compelled to evacute portions Of the
territory in the mountainous area.
which has been occupied by the ad-
versary after the withdrawal Of our
troops.
Gan enemy airplane was brought
down at Nervesa."
[By the new Italian retreat virtually
all of eastern Venetia, it would ap-
pear, Is being left to Austro-German
occupation. The Italian withdrawal Is
along the entire front as far west as
the edge of the Trentino district
Carl Taylor, deputy commissioner Of
the American Red Cross in Italy, Is
making arrangements to render assist
ance to Italians made homeless by the
Austro-G German drive in northern Italy.
Warns Of Attack on Venice.
Amsterdam, Nov. Accommodating
on the Austro-German advance In the
direction Of Venice, the semiOficial
Berlin news agency prepares the pub
lie for an attack on the famous art
center. 1t contends that Venice has
developed into an important center of
war industries. 9,