The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-13
VETERAN TOSCANS AND PI-
SANS TURN TIDE OF BAT
TIE ON TEUTON
Drive Foe From Con
quered Positions
Italian Detachment Cut Off Re-
fuses TO Surrender and Breaks
Through at the Point of the
Bay onet.

WASHINGTON, Nov. ia day of
reaction against the enemy all along
the line marked yesterdays operations
Of the Italians, according to official
cables from Rome this afternoon. The
Italian troops, according to the dis
matches, are becoming more and more
aggressive.
In engagements around Gallo the |
veteran infantry brigades of Pisa and |
Hoscana displayed indomitable valor
in a furious assault in the face OF tre- !
mendous artillery fire, it was stated,
reconquering positions occupied by the
enemy and finally dislOdging him from
Gallo.
The Gallo region and the surround
ing heights are of vital Importance to
the enemy, because it is the center of
communication with the Altipiano Del
Sotto Communi menacing the Italian
flank and also with Asiago. Italian
troops completely foiled the enemy at
tempt and inflicted considerable loss
eS.
Between the TagliamGnto and Lor-
enzago, where in 184S took place epic
defense of the Cadora led by Fortunate
Calvi. a large detachment of Italian
troops, surrounded by superior enemy
forces, declined to surrender, but OPP
posed a desperate resistance and fl
nally succeeded in breaking through
the enemy in a furious bayonet charge
The Italian extreme rear guard show
ed admirable fighting spirit in sharp
encounters near the Full bridge. Cav
airy squadron charged the enemy,
while patrols worried the invaders
with sharp guerilla attacks. Eventu-
ally they crossed the Piave in perfect
order and then destroyed the bridges.
day of the Italian city of Fonzaco and
the Italian defensive works on Mount
Iangara and Dia Campo was announc-
ed by the German war office today.
Mount Langara is in the Settari sec
tor. Dia Campo is between the Sugana
and Cismon valleys. Fonzaso is five
miles west of Feltre and about nine
miles west of the Piave river. A STRAIT
egic road runs through the city, cross
ing the frontier from Italy to Austria
nearby.
ZURICH, Nov. 13-The pope has
made representations to the central
mowers asking that the ancient anc
historic landmarks in Venice be spar
ed from bombardments and war desc
crations, it was reported from an ltal-
ian source today.
The Germans on the lower Piave
river are now only 16 miles from Ven
ice and the city is within range OF
the Teutons heavy artillery
LONDON, Nov. 13-The battle of th'
Piave river-an engagement which
may prove one of the most fateful Il
the history of mankind-is today II
full blast.
The actions around Langarone ant
Belluno and in the mountains nortl
of the Piave river and east OF IN
Sugana valley may be regarded a.
preliminary skirmishes leading up q
the great struggle.
Even if the Italians fall back upol
Adige river and abandon their PLAY
defenses together with Venice an
Padua, the fight probably will go dow
in history as the battle of the Piave
for it was there that the combat reall
got under way.
The stiffened resistance of the ltal
ians on their left flank has cause
the Teutons to renew with vigor thel
attacks along the southern tip c
Trentino.
ZURICH, Nov. 13-Three-fourths {
the Venetian plains in northern Ital,
is now dominated by the Austro-Gei
man armies, said press dispatch te
day from Vienna
The Venetian plain comprises til
northeastern corner of Italy, north {
Venice and east of Verona.
GENEVA. Nov. 13-Austro-Germa
forces in northern Italy have entere
Feltre according to information thu
reached this city today.
Feltre is an important railroad tow
in the Piave rever sector, lying abol
mile and half west of that strear
1t is on the branch railway that rur
southwestward from Belluno, joinir
the main line at Treviso.
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