The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-11-23
VIENNA ADMITS
LOSS IN ITALY;
ITALIANS GAIN
Latins Take the Offensive on Ash
ago Plateau.
STOP CROSSING OF PAVE
EmanuePs Troops Occupy Advance
Trenches and Capture Prisoners
Dykes Opened to Save Venice
From the Enemy.


fcial communication of Saturday, as
received here by wireless, says:
ION the lower Piave accommodating
detachmerts on the western bank OF
the stream had to be withdrawn be-
fore strong counter-attacks."
Italians on Offensive.
Rome, Nov. 2O-ItaIian forces have
begun an offensive on the Asiago plat
teau and have occupied advanced ele-
ments Of trenches, the war office an
nounced The Italians captured six
officers and POP men.
Further attempts of the AustrO-Ger-
man troops to cross the Piave have
been stopped.
On the front west of the Piave
south of Quero, great numbers of Aus
tro-German troops are attacking the
Monte Monfenera and Monte TOmba
lines.
Monte CorneIIe Captured.
Berlin, Nov. 20.-QuerO and Monte
COrnelle on the northern italian front,
have been taken by storm and the
Italians have been driven from Monte
TOmba, the war office announced.
Austrian Unit Wiped Out.
italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Nov. 20.-The Austrians who
forced their way across the Piave river
above ZensOn have been thrown into
the river, drowned, bayOnetted, killed
or captured, until now not an enemy
remains on the west bank at that
most threatened point. The fight was
one of the most fearful chapters of the
war and one of the most glorious.
The wounded were so numerous that
many have not yet received succor.
The enemy had staked everything in
getting to the west bank of the river
and the Italians staked everything on
keeping him on the eastern bank. This
nerved both to desperation. The Aus
TRANS made the first move Friday in
two separate crossings a short distance
above ZenSOn, first at the village OF
Fagare, then at an old mill called the
Sega mill near FOllina.
Open Dykes to Save Venice.
Italian Headquarters In Northern
Italy, Nov. 1.-THE floodgates of the
Pave and Sile, or Old Piave, rivers
have been opened by Italian military
engineers and the enemy is now faced
by another User of inundatiOn.
The flood was lOOSed at the point
where the enemy succeeded in crossing
the Piave near Grislera (four miles
from the COAST, and the whole region
where he gained Judgment is now I'M
der water The inundated territory
forms a huge triangle about twelve
miles on each side, with the apex at
DOna Di Pave. The enemy had been
driven back, but still held on within
this Triangle until the dykes from both
rivers released the water over the low
lying plain.
Teutons Are Swept Back.
Rome. Nov. 19-Further attempts
by the enemy to force crossings Of the
Pave river were frustrated by the
Italian troops, and in brilliant coun-
ter-attack, the Austro-German forces,
which previously had gained footing
on the west bank, in the Fagore zone,
were completely swept out of this area,
the war office announced.
The Austro-German forces, hemmed
in at the ZensOn loop, tried to break
out, but were repulsed with heavy loss
es and ultimately driven further back
into the loop.
RepuIse Foes Attack.
Rome, Nov. 21.-The struggle be-
tween the Austro- Germans and the
Italians on Monte Tomba and Monte
Monfenera in the mountainous region
of northern Italy continues, it was Of
ficially announced by the Italian war
department. The invading forces were
driven back four times, when they at
tempted to take the Italian positions
on the MOnfenera spur.
Capture of 1000 Austrians who
crossed the Piave river is announced
in message from General DiaZ, the
Italian commander in chief, to his
army.
May Abandon Venice.
London, Nov. 21.-CensOred dis
patches received from Italian head
quarters pointed out the possible ne
cessity of abandoning the Piave river
line in order to complete preparations
to resume the offensive. Such a with
drawal would mean the loss of Venice
and TreyiSO