Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-07
Cover selves V1ith GLORY.

owe Selves with Glory.
Italian Army Headquarters. Tues
day, Nov. 6-(By the Associated
Presa).-AgAin a brigade Of grena-
diers has covered itself with glory,
the advancing Austro-German tide
until 1t was overwhelmed. After the
enemy had crossed the TaSliamento.
and was pressing or between Porde-
nones and -Portogruaro the grenadiers
were assigned to the task OF holding
up the advance in this region. No
shelling from the enemy could dis
lodge them. They lay prone behind
.brushwood, calmly awaiting the foe.
AS 500 as the enemy came within.
range his ranks were swept with the.
rifle fire Of the grenadiers. The Aus
lines were filled up imme-
diately, however, and continued to
advance In overwhelming waves As
they approached the grenadiers rose
to their. knees and hurled their gren-
such great numbers of the enemy.
The last surviving officer ordered q
bayonet charge. Without hesitation
the grenadiers dashed at the foe.
When last seen the few survivors, is
ing their rifles as clubs, were fighting
on until, one by all fell. That
did not occur. however. until they had
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sistance delayed the enemy until the
Italian troops reached a place Of, safe
ty and were reformed for action.
RETIREMENT UNDER WAY. !,
lBy the Associated Press.) Ill
A retirement by the Italians to a.
shorter defense line Is under way
along q front Of 160 miles. Not only
from the Carnic Alps to the Adriatic
along the Tagliamento are General
.Cadorna's' men r~etreating but also in
the Dolomite and Carnic Alps.
The river Piave appears to be the
next line Of the Italians but there are
of, this river have BEEN abandoned.
General Cadorna probably is retiring
upon the Sugana valley, which lies
east OF Trent, and upon the lower
Pave, connecting the two natural
positions. by a line from the Brenta,
which flows through the Sugana VAL
ley to the Piave at a point south of
Feltre.
It Is improbable that the Italian
commander would retreat to the line
of the Brenta along it's entire length.
as this would leave Venice in the
hands of the invaders. Basing his new
defensive. position on the Upper Bren-
Ia and the lower Piave, General Ca
dorna would have a line about 100
miieslIshorter than that Of the Tag.
British Dominate Roulers.
Roulers, an important railway CEN
ter northwest Of Ypres. is now domin-
ated by British guns. Canadian troops
Yesterday completed the capture of
the important part of the Passchen-i
dale-Gheluyelt ridge by taking Pass
chendaele, .Goeberg and ,Mossel-
markt. The Germans suffered heavy
losses. Passchendaele dominate
Roulers and the plain surrounding
The Germans had fought hard to
hold PasscheEdaele and several times
recently the British had been checked
in attempts to take it. The capture
means much to the further British
progress toward the Roulers-Mein
railway, one of the several lines en-
tering Roulers.
Each successful effort by the Brit
ish brings nearer the inevitable Ger
man retirement from the positions
directly affected by the overwhelming
Ypres salient. A retreat, however,
is a menace to the submarine bases
of Ostend and Zeebrugge M the city
of Bruges, the base of German oper-
ations IN Flanders and it is apparent
Xaria is doing his utmost to retain the
positions now held rather than to re-
tire and straighten his line.
WITHDRAW IN GOOD ORDER.
Rome, Nov. 1.-THE Italians have
withdrawn in good order from the
Tagliamento> river toward the Livenza,
it is announced, officially.
The announcement follows:
A the low waSr in Inc Taglia-
mento rendered difAcult defense Of
the river, we have withdrawn our line
toward the Livenza. The retirement
was accomplished in good order, I'M
fder the protection Of northward COW
ering units and of rear guards toward
the south.
Yesterday and last night our air
planes and .airships. repeatedly
bombed enemy troops at work in re-
pairing bridges owe the Tagliamento
or in movement across the river. -Four.
hostile machines were brought down
by our aviators."
The Livenza is the next river line
behind the Tagliamento. It's mouth
is twelve miles below that of III Tag
liamento.S Its course is t%ortuous and
it has been generally assumed that
General Cadorna would undertake
nothing mor than a delaying action