Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-10-31
SiiD TO have TAKEN 100, 600 PRISGGiiii.1..Eass.
l:aiy's Soldiers KaT3 ;71ss.3j TO Chaca the
Calusa Of the 4dstfaias and Germans.

Oct. 29.-The powerful AUS
tro. German advance which has
been pressing through the foot
hills of the Julian Alps into the
plans of Northern lJ,.ly, is ne-
ing kept in check by the Italian
forces Which aIe faithfully ful-
filling their duty, IL is aunounceu
by the War office in Rome today
London advlces say that The
Italians will De given all aid, and
that steps already have been
taken TO t..ls end. Presu ma bly,
Italy's own reserves Of men
and guns by this time have been
drawn up ina notable Volume,
and supplies have been hurried
to reinforce ltal ly's armies in
the great battle raging i'll the
Friuli plain.
Italy's soldiers have failec to
check the onrusn of Jhe AuslgU-
Germans and the entire, liue Ct
IsOuza is threa tened with anm.
hilat,on. Sweeping down jfonJ
the mountains to the piuin.; ol
Friuli, the invaders have cap
tured Cividale and Gorizia, loo,
QUO prisoners and ~; guns.
Great Britain and France aro
reported TO be ia ing STEPS t.
give the shattered Italian ,A.mS
prompt and full sulr..>rt
What form this a;d will taha has
not been disclosed. The F&ench
cabinet met last night to q. zoe
upon the manner of cooper, ION
ON the Italian front. ..:-
Where Gen. Cadorna viii
make a stand is not cteaI, out
two positions capable OF de-. use
are availa BILE. The Gert ans
have reached The Iowlands ind
ar but nine miles from u ne,
Cadorna's general head q usr; rs.
The railroad ruuHing north .L d.
south through Udine utgft
make adefense line, but the lug
liamento river, eighteen fA5es
west Udine, probably will C.ier
stronger defense.
The fail of Gorizia is a ser GUS
menace to the italian troops
holding the Carso line so~oh-
ward to the head Of the Adr.atic
buv Gen Cado-na would SUI be
able to offer a Stout resisG.slce
on line through Tolemezzo, tte-
mona, Udine, Buttrio and
Gradjsca The capture Of
Gradisca by the Teutons how-
ever, would make retreat from
Carso inevita ble and so sn7ne-
wat of a difficulty. The lie Of
the Tagli river, it ap ears
would give the Italians b. tier
natural position from Will. to
hold the Germans from the We
netain plains and from over I'M
ming North Italy.
The whole Of Isonzo fro75 is
in grave danger there is ,'lso a
serious threat in the Is>1ton
orive to the Italian lipe in the
Carnic Alps and even. in, the
Dolomits north of Be1uno.
Apparently field Marshal Won
Mackensen is endeavorir ( to
drive wedge between the
dl AllGS Oll GllS l. IO1l 6tztu UIi' S6 I'LL
the mountains norlhwes! of
Uiine. Some Of the advauced
italian positions in the larso
Alps probably have been a%and-
oned already. If this s,,ould
prove true, Tagii river seems to
offer to General Cadorna first
defensive line unless the al mics
stiffen greatly and hold ttlc in-.
vaders within a few miles OF the
present position.
Operations carried out by the
Belgians and French !: leaking
toward the elimination of Fl ,uth
list forest north of Ypres are
progressing favora bly,, I3:, en-
tire S'erckem penisu!a snu3h OF
Djxmude has been capturn4 by
the allied troops, who have also
ta6en Marckem and styara1