The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-11-14
Aim is to Separate Trentino
Line From That Along
The Piave
RAIDING PARTIES
DESTROYED IN RIVER
German Fire Very Heavy
But From Middle Cal
ibre Guns

Italian Headquarters in ITALY,
Tuesday, Nov. 13.-(By The Asso-
ciated Press.)-The Piave line still
holds in the main against heavy and
continuous artillery fire from the
eastern bank and the efforts of the
Austro- Germans to cross the stream.
These efforts have not taken the
proportions of a general movement
but several battalions crossed the
river on pontoons near Zenson. The
italian artillery concentrated its Are
on the raiding parties. either destroy
ing them in mid-stream or pushing
them back on the river bank. The
fighting here was desperate and
sanguinary. Men, who have return
ed from the batteries along the
Piave, say the German fire is ex-
tremely heavy but from middle CALI
bre guns.
Chief attention is now Greeted
toward the eastern sector of the
Trentino front where 1t runs across
the Asiago plateau TO the upper
Piave river. The enemy is making
demonstrations there which are
either a diversion or a prelude to a
heavy attack with the evident pur-
pose of getting down into the valley
toward Bassano and the plains be-
low, thus separating the Italian army
on the Trentino from that on the
Piave.
Operating On Four Fronts.
Reports indicate the enemy is
operating on four main fronts. GEN
eral Boroevio is on the lower Piave,
General Won Below is on the upper
Piave, General Krobatin is in the
eastern Trentino. and General Con-
rad in the western Trentino.
This gives Won Below the task Of
trying to force the center while
Boroevio and Conrad press in the
Piave and Trentino wings. The
number of troops under the Austro-
German commanders is not known.
An Italian aviator, who made one
of the last flights over Udine after
IL was evacuated, says the city was
damaged only little. He Eaw several
large fires at separated points and
the hope is expressed that one of
them was not the city hall OF Udtne,
which is a handsome monument or
Venetian architecture resembling the
Doges palace.
The inter r-alIied council is con-
siderfng measures for the adequate
protection Of Venice.
Motor Cars Held Bridges.
Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy. Tuesday. Nov. 13.-(By The
Associated Press.l-A section Of
Italian armored motor cars, each Of
which mounts three quick-fireTs in
the turrets, Is just back from one of
the most thrilling experiences OF the
war. The duty to which these cars
we're assigned was TO hold the
bridges from the Tagliamento 70 the
Piave rivers until the cavalry rear
guards had passed across, and then
TO burn the bridges behind them.
The commander and a number OF his
men were seen by the correspondent
at their camp where they recounted
their experiences as though they
were every day occurrences.
Huge cars resembling tanks stood
about at the camp. showing the scars
received in the recent ordeal. They
have heavily armored bodies. There
is steel door and for observation
purposes two small openings are
provided. The two turrets above
reyolve, the upper one having one
quick-firer, the lower two:
The orders were to hold 70 the
death the bridges at Sacile, |
Giovanni until the Begsaglieri and |
cavalry had crossed. That they sue
ceeded is shown by the fact that all |
the rear guards made their way over |
the bridges, that all the bridges were |
burned and that the section returned |
leaving only one damaged machine |
with the enemy, although eighteen !
Of the forty cars were In such Grip |
pied condition that II was necessary
90 abandon them after the bridges
were burned
The New Leader.
Headquarters Of the Italian Army, |
Nov 14.-By The Associated Press.l
General Diaz. the new chief Of the |
general stan, a man OF sturdy build |
and q manner vibrating with energy /
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