The Robesonian., 1917-11-19
WAR NEWS SUMMARY
Italians Are Holding Teutonic Ar
mics in Check-Active Fighting
on All Fronts.
Press Summary, Nov. 10.

AAAAe@Ay y, ANoV: IL.
All along the Piave river the Ita1-
lans are holding the German and Aus
tro-Hungarlan armies in check. No
Wnere nave the invaders been able to
| cross the stream and at several places
where they previously had gained ac-
cess to the western bank they have
been brilliantly counter-attacked and
forced to withdraw to the rivers edge.
On the Zenson loop sector in the
south the enemy has endeavored to
extrlcate himself from his serious 20
sltlons but the Italians, putting down
an attack with heavy losses, closed
IN upon the invaders and made more
precarious their situation. The Ital-
ians in fighting along the western
bank of the river have captured con-
slderably more than 1000 prisoners
and also taken 81 machine guns. In
the Fagare zone the enemy has been
completely vanquished and forced to
give up his position
In the billy region representing the
northern front from Lake Garda to
the region south Of Feltre all the
Austro-Germal attacks, some of them
delivered with extreme violence, have
been repelled, according to the Rome
that northeast of Asiago and between
the Brenta and the Piave rivers the
Italians have been driven from fur
ther strong mountain positions.
} No advices have come through tc
show that the British and French re-
endorsements have reached the Ital-
ian line in any considerable numbers
but the "few days. which it was an
t nounced last week must intervene Ee
fore they could stiffen the front ars
: now at an end. Therefore, it is pre-
! sumed that the Italians with the aic
: of the Allies in their line, will turl
the balance of tie scale in their fav
or.
Again the artillery duel on the Flan
ders front has reached tremendou:
proportions and it is not unlikely tina
Field Marshal Haig has in prepara
: tion another dash forward from th'
region of Passchendaele toward th'
town of Roulers and the importan
!, railway line serving the German. fl on
u from the North sea southwark. TIL
4 Germans, anticipating another of tn
commander-in- are directin!
> in the neighborhood of Passchendael
g Polygon woods.
e To the south the big guns of tn
6 French and the Germans also are &c
tive along the Chemin des Danes ar
L the present week doubtless will wit
1t ness another attempt by General Pe
r. tain's army here to press further fo1
re ward toward Laon.. - -.
IS The British troops in Palestine al
n giving the Turks no rest. The in
lie portant city of Jaffa on the Meditel
/ ranean has been captured by then
tt the Ottoman forces offering no n
E. sistance. It is stated that instead {
n standing and offering battle the Turl
n are in retirement northward.
The German naval forces encoul
I'd tered by British light war craft
< the North sea Saturday were force
is to seek haven Of safety under tt
ee protection of their battle fleets al
n behind the mine fields of Helgolan
e. The Britishwarships chased the file
Is ing enemy as far as was compatlb
ne with safety, and when last seen OF
IN of the Germans was on fire and a
es other apparently had been damage
by the craftsmanship of the purs
lg ers In addition, German mi
ty sweeper was sunk. The British nav
v unit suffered slight material dana!
r. and there were few casualties amor
the crews.
The latest unofficial advices fro
Russia Indicate that Petrograd a.
Moscow are still in the hands of t
yd Bolsheviki and that Sebastopol t
IS big naval base and arsenal on t
no Black Sea, has gone over to the wor
US mems and soldiers delegates, the sa
er ors of the fleet having sworn allies
ng ance to them.
Ir.