Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-18

by Associated Press.
Italy's armies are making n heroic
and so far successful stand against the
Austro- German masses thrown against
thein In desperate attacks along the
line Of the Pave river and In the
mountainous region from the Piave
westward TO the edge OF the Trentino
district The line has not been
preached at any point while the
thrust of the Austrians southwark
from the hills i'm an attempt to drive
wedge through the plains behind
the Piave line is making slow progress
1t is now more than II week since
the Italians retreating from the Tag
lamento crossed TO the west bank of
the Piave and took up their defensive
positions behind 1t. Tie German COM
mand lost no time in attempting to
force a passage OF the stream and the
enemy efforts were pressed on n scale
of increasing intensity during all last
week.
Invaders Badly Cut Up.
The Italian resistance, however.
seems to be growing stronger, The
latest Austro- German attempts 10 gain
a permanent hold on the westerly
side Of the PiaVc were not only brill
liantly frustrated but the enemy
columns were badly cut up and nearly
1000 Teutons were taken prisoner
The italian line has yielded slightly
in the bills east Of the Brenta. where
the capture of Monte Prassolan by
Austro- o-Hungarian troops is announced
by Berlin. No further advances for
the attacking forces in the mountain
region northeast of Ariago are
claimed.
British Capture RcdOubt.
Military operations IN the other
war theaters are on a comparatively
small scale. The most important
move was made in Flanders by the
British who pushed further north on
the Goeberg spur northwest of Pass
chendaele, capturing strongly forti-
fled redoubt known as Vocation Farm.
and so improVisng their positions in
this sector as to make the present
line across Passchendaele ridge easier
to hold.
In Palestine the British forces.
which recently have made so spec
tacular an advance up the Mediter-
ranean coast TO the nelghborhood OF
Jaffa, are still moving forward but
with some caution.
The Turks have given signs of
making a stand a few miles north of
Jaffa, where they are reported at
tempting to prepare an entrerched po-
sition.
On the naval side of the war there
is an interesting development in the
North sea. where British forces oper.
ating In llelgoland Right encountered
and engaged German light cruisers
Saturday morping. The British ad-
miralty reported in an early state
ment that the Germans made off at
high speed with the British vessels IN
pursuit.
KcrcnslSy in Flight.
From Russia the latest dispatches
report Premier Kerensky in flight, his
whereabouts unknown in Pctrugrad
after having been defeated by Boil
sheviki and deserted by the greater
part of his own officers and men. one
report attributes the premier's defeat
to the Intervention OF Lettish forces,
thirty thousand strong in on the side
OF the Bolsheviki.
Tho Boisheviki are also apparently
ir control of Moscow where the pro-
vlsional governments forces are re
ported to have been penned within
the Kremlin under artillery lombard
ment. Uncomfirmed reports say the
bombardment was followed 10y an
agreement OF truce by the hostile fac
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