The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-02


troops which are on the offensive east
of Riga have advanced a mile in the
last "a hours, the war office announc-
ed today Heavy fighting was report
ed i'll the Croudouli sector where the
Russian advance.
WASHINGTON, Oct 2-The battle
on the Bainsizzi plateau is not to be
considered finished, according to Of
ficial dispatches received here today.
1t is only the first phase of battle
which is over, with the result that the
strategic advantage is now on the
Italian side.
New operations are in preparation
and the activity of the artillery is in
tensified every day.
From the Austrian press Rome
learns that following the last visit
of Emperor Charles of Austria along
the Isonzo front considerable changes
in the disposition of Austrian forces
have been made.
Austrian troops in Galicia and Blu
kowina have been withdrawn and
transferred to the Italian front. Aus
trian troops have also been largely
withdrawn from the Russian front
and new line of Austrian forces has
been established all along the eastern
zone of the Isonzo front and are in
trenched in new lines of Notifications
as a preparation against a new Italian
offensive.
From an official source it was
learned today that Italy at present
seems to be paying more attention to
strictly military operations than to
moral successes. The drive toward
Trieste seems more or less to have
been postponed. General Cadorna is
chiefly interested in preparing a plan
of action which will make a new move
of the Italian army weigh effectively
over the whole military situation of
the allies. Austria is realizing what
is in preparation and the withdrawal
of all Austrian troops from the east
ern fronts shows that she is getting
ready against the elements of surprise
which General Cadorna is constantly
employing to his advantage.
LONDON, Oct. 2-Heavy fighting
ragged over a wide section of the west
Flanders front during the night, the
Germans directing savage counter at
tacks at numerous points.
All of the assaults were repulsed
the war office announced today.
An effort by the Germans to re-
capture Zonnebeke failed under the
intense gun fire of the British bat
teries and the Germans were rolled
back leaving great mounds of dead
| and wounded behind them.
1pnO tho Xnrac- NTopip ,rO,I
Germans launched five powerful
counter attacks, using immense forces
of men, but as often as the waves oi
attackers dashed forward, they were
repulsed by the British defenders
In the Polygon wood district there
was especially violent fighting.
| Regardless of the huge losses sus-
tanned by his army Prince Rupprecht
| strove valiantly to wrest this piece o.
strategic woodsland from Field Mar
shall Haig's men, The attacks al
broke down under the gallant machine
gun and cannon fire of the English.
The German attacks, which begar
late Monday and ragged far into The
night, followed a severe artillery due
which mounted to drum fire on boil
sides
The official statement dwelt upor
the German losses.
German air frightfulness has reach
its most acute stage.
In last nights raid over London anC
the southeastern counties more thai
twenty great German machines of the
Gotha type took part, it was estimat
ed today and considerable damage wa.
done not only by the bombs dropped
from the aeroplanes but by the rail-
OF the shrapnel from the high angle
guns which fell back upon the city.
The people of London had beer
warned in advance to expect an attacl
and only the bolder souls were in ex
posed positions when the alarm wa
sounded and the thunder of the bar
rage fire from the high angle gun
began to sound at sunset.
Not all of the attacking airplane
were able to get as far as London
so vigorous was the defense put NJ
by the British patrols and so violen