The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-09-13
Great Victory for Italians.

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Great Victory for Italians.
When the Italian armies on Tuesday
stormcd and captured Monte San Ga
bricl" they took the last mountain fort
rcss barring their way toward Laibach
and an advance that would separate
the northern and southern Austrian
armies. Such II movement probably
win compel the Austrians to evucuate
Trieste, which has been under shell fire
rom the water for days, and also Is
likely to result In the taking Of Toll
mino by Cadorna's forces. In fact,
general retirement Of the Austrlans on
that front was predicted. In the bat
ties on the Bninsizza plateau the It'll
iuns captured Immense quantities or
arms and munitions, for the enemy fled
In haste and disorder. Nearer the
coast, the fortress on Monte Hermnda
still held out against furious attacks,
keeping the Italians from advancing
on Trieste by that route.
Riga Taken by Germans.
Riga has fallen, the kaiser rejoices
and the wnr-to-victory party In Ger
many has II new argument. But this,
like the Galicinn affair, IL rather a
cheap victory over dlsorganized
army, and was expected. The Russians
have retired beyond the River Aa,
fighting fairly well rs they went, and
the fierce bravery Of the Battalion Of
Death enabled them to prepare new
line of resistance.
The taking of Riga gives Germany
complete command Of the Baltic and
the way lies open for an advance on
Pctrogrnd by land. but It Is not at oil
certain the kaiser will 20 ON to the
Russian capital. The route Is long and
through difficult country. and the I'D.
vnntageS of possessing Petrograd
might be Offset by such an extension
Of his lines just as winter Is at hand.
At the time OF writing, II appears like.
ly that the German Baltic fleet will
meet the Russian sea forces In battle
IN the Gulf OF Finland. II Is believed
the fortified island of Osel ut the head
Of the Gulf ot Rign and the port Of
Reval, which guards the entrance to
the Gulf of Finland cannot hold out
long, and the Russian fleet thus Is like
ly To be cooped up under the guns Of
kronstadt, the great fortress that pro.
tects the port OF Petrograd.
Part OF the German fleet already has
been sighted ut the entrance to the
Gulf of Finland.
Germany's offensive against Russia
appears to have been timed to coincide
with an expected counter-revolution
planned to restore autocracy In Russia.
The plot, however, was uncovered and
many arrests OF grand dukes and 9TH
ers have been made.
General Alexieff. former commander
In chief, and General vassilkovslxi,
commander of the Petrograd garrison.
agreed Thursday that the fall of Riga
did not threaten Petrograd and was of
moral but not strategic importance.
On the Western Front
In France and Flanders the week
brought little change In the positions
of the opposing armies, though the
fighting was uninterrupted. The Brit.
ish deluged the German lines In Bel.
gium with shell fire that indicated an.
other drive, and there were reports
that Crown Prince Ruprscht was pre-
pairing to execute another strategic
retreat" to the Courtrai- -Thourout line
and thus give up strip OF territory
east OF Ypres from ten to twenty miles
deep. This would help the allies on
their way toward the German subma.
rine bases at Zeebrugge and other
ports on the Belgian coast.
The Germans made several air raids
on England. killing q Number Of per