Arizona republican., 1917-11-19
ITALIANS STILL HOLDING
 TEUT0NS IN CHECK ALL
 :AI0 A! l0lNC l0lNC THE PIAVE RIVER
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All along the PiaVe river the Ital- ians are holding the German and Aus tro- Hungarian armies in check. No where have 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. The Italians have captured consider ably more than two thousand prison CTS and taken p machine guns. In the 5asare zone the enemy has been com pletely vanquished and forced to give up his position.
 On the northern front from Lake Garda to the region south of Feltre violent Austro German attacks have been repelled, according to the Rome war office. although Berlin asserts that northwest of Asiago and between the Brenta and the Piave rivers the Italians have been driven from strong mountain positions.
 No advices have come through to sho" that the British and French re- inforcements have reached the Italian l!ne in any considerable numbers but the few days" which it was an- nounced last week must intervene be- fore they could stiffen the front now
 
 sumed that. with the Italians having borne the brunt of the Teutonic-allied attack during the last week unaided, the present week. with the aid of the allies in their line, will turn the ball. ance Of the scale in their favor.
 Again the artillery duel on the Flanders front has reached tremendous proportions, and it is not unlikely that Field Marshal Haig has in preparation another dash forward from the region of Passchendaele toward the town of Roulers ana the important railway line serving the German front from the North sea southward. The Germans, anticipating another of the irresista ble ! operations of the British commander in- chief, are making their heavy gun fire on the positions in the neig1bor- hood of Passchendaele.
 To the south the big guns of the French and the Germans also are ac- tive along the Chemin des Danes, and the present week doubtless will wit ness another attempt by General Pc tain's army here to press forward to- ward Laon.
 The British troops in Palestine are 1 giving the Turks no rest. Jsffa has been captured by them, the Ottoman forces offering no resistance It is
 
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 The German naval forces encount - cred by British light war craft in tha North sea Saturday were forced to seek a haven of safety under the pro lection of their battle fleets and be- hind the mine fields of Heigoland. The British WaUships chased the fleeing enemy as far as was compatible with safety, and when last seen one of the Germans WAS on fire and another ap- parently had been damaged. A Ger | man mine sweeper was sunk. The British naval unit suffered slight ma . terial damage and there were few cas- ualties among the crews.
 The latest unofficial advices from Russia indicate that Petrograd and Moscow are still in the hands of the Bolsheviki and that Sebastopol, the big naval base and arsenal in the Black sea, has gone over to the workmen $ and soldiers delegates, the sailors of the fleet having sworn allegiance tc them.