The Mena weekly star., 1917-11-22
FIGHTING
 IN ITALIAN FRONT
1. \ eSsaiion If Teut0nic Efforts and ,agenders Ire Holding Their Own allied Achievements Are
 Greatly Needed.

Rome Nov 20. The struggle be-
 sen the Austro-Gefmans and the ,salians on Monte fomha and Monte 4.nfenera. n the mountainous re-
 ba of northern Italy continues, 1t
 ofieially announced today by
 italian war department.
 The invading forces were driven
 ek four times when they attempt- # to take the Italians positions on the Monfenera spur.
 Survey Of the Fronts.
 Italian possession of Venice and
 le security of the playe line de- #pnd apparently on the outcome of ihe desperate battle now i'll pro- 4fess between the piaye and Brenta Rivers. The Austro-Germans are &ttackmg heavily and are advancing Apainsf the stout resistance Of the Italians.
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 If the invaders have captured aonte ronba, as claimed by Berlin, hey are within few miles of the Ahe plains behind the piave The taIians are defending each position but the Germans have advanced Several miles here within the past feW days and seemingly are at Attempting to drive a wedge between fhe Italians in the region of Asiag0 And those along the piave Monte #Iomba is on the western side of the 8piaye six miles northwest Of Nidor
 Allied Reinforcements Needed. The Germans are exertine Strong pressure here and are report .ed tu have brought up Austrian Etroops from the eastern front and ei0 have transferred General Nen ABueIoMs army to this sector Ap- kparently the Anelo-Freneh rein .iorements nave not yet reached the E9lalian fighting zone and from ltal- | ban headquarters il is announced that ihese troops could be used be- tween tlle piase and the Brenta |Whcre the pressure of the invaders j, strongest
 Checked at the Sess
 AraUili Asiaa1 sls italit.s EaS checked the Germans and have been successful in offensive operations Defeated in strong efforts Go cross fito pfa,-o baiurao,, tysdg, and thn Adriatic sea, the AustFo-Germans have ceased ther attempts. The ar tiilery fire along the river, however. is violent.
 On the Western Front.
 On the western front the infantry activity has increased somewhat The British have made slight ad- vance northwest of Passchendaele and have repulsed German attacks at other points in the Ypres salient. In the region of Chaume wood on the right bank of the Mouse north west of Verdun, the French have made an appreciable advance, in- illetlng losses on the Germans
 On the American Sector.
 In the American sector the artil- lery firing continues very active and there have been further clashes be- tween American and German pa trols An American soldier has been killed in a fight in No Mans land.
 Troops From Russian Front.
 Copenhagen, Nov. 20 Reports re- eeiyed here from several sources in Germany bear out the assumption That, taking advantage of the situa- Flon in Russia. Germany is making heavy transfers of troops from the Russian front.
 Only part of them appear to be eoing to the Italian front, however, where the line is too narrow to permit great masses, and blow by Hlndenburg at some other point, in the way of a diversion, may prop erly be expected
 some Of the troops from the Rus san line are reported to have been moved to the western front, but this IS not necessarily significant, as Mar sha Haig's pounding tactics necessi- tate frequent relief for the exhaust ed German divisions.
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