The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-31
Mackensen's Sweep West
ward Lags After Selling
Big Railway Centre.
BRITISH GUNS SAVED
CadOrna's Armies in Grave
Peril, but Situation Is
Much More Hopeful.
AMERICA ACTS QUICKLY
Italians Get Big Loan at Once,
With Vessels and Needed
Supplies To-day.

LONDON. Oct. 3o.-Udine. the most i'm.
portant railroad centre in northern Italy.
which has been the main Italian army
headquarters. has been occupied by the
Austro-Ger'nans In their sweep west.
ward from the passes on the right bank
OF ,he Isonzo River. The invaders are
pressing onward into the great plain Of
Venezia. driving the Italians before
them in the hope Of reaching the Ia
gliamento River. fifteen miles west of
Udine. before the Italians are able to
establish themselves there on the pow.
erful defensive line prepared years ago
to prevent invasion OF Italy from tho
east
But although the Germans are still
advancing 1t Is at much slower rate
than in the last Ave. days, and Berlin
makes no further claims of captures Of
prisoners and guns. This is due partly
to the swollen rivers and the absence OF
bridges over the Isonzo, which the Ital-
ian troops blew up after they had
passed. and partly to the brilliant rcar-
guard fighting Of King Victor Emman-
uel's men, especially the cavalry. which
is keeping in close touch with the ad.
Eanclng enemy and harassins them 10
the utmost.
SO pronounced Is the slowing down T..
the German advance that the belief .
growing here that the Italians VIII Ne
BILE TO stop the invaders on the TAgl.a-
mento.
Heavy Guns Were saved.
1t develops now that all the E-.tish
t.
removed. As these batteries consisted
OF the heaviest guns. Of such large siza
that they cannot be moved without spe-
cial facilities. II is clear that the retreat
of the Italians was not the rout that
Berlin reported.
1t is pointed out also that on the
Carso not one Of the numerous attacks
won an inch of ground from tho
Italians. The fighting for Monte Nero,
on the northern end OF the Italian line,
was terrific, but no report has been
received as 10 the result.
TorUdcrts OF Berlin says the drive
against Italy was not undertaken In N
aggressive spirit. but solely to bring
peace nearer
A despatch from Vienna. received via
Amsterdam says the Austrian Em-
peror entered Gorlzia yesterday. Tas
enemy destroyed or plundered a large
part Of the city and carried off the
population"
The Italian headquarters statement
to-day was brief il follows
During yesterday the withdrar. OF
our troops on their new positions vas
continued. Destruction OF the b." l-es
over the Isonzo. effectuated b. our
troops, and the successful acrirn =
our covering units have detd.Itd the
advance OF the enemy.
Our cavalry is In contact Vita the
hostile Vanguards.
Pressing Onward, Says BrrIir.
The German report says:
tdine has been taken hv allied
troops of the Fourteenth Army The
former seat Of the italian .raiu
army administration consequent VS.
fallen into our hands on the sixth
day of the successful operations.
Indifferent 10 the demands mon
them, our divisions are pressing .arc.
sistibly forward in the plain to-. Vi
the course OF the Taglamento. 1s
retirement Of the defeated crouy
army is being stemmed at tho ~
crossings OF the river, which Is srcl.v
swollen by downpours Of rain.
our troops advancing out % rr.
Carnic Alps have set foot on I.nt-
t!an soil along the entire iron. "a
are pressing forward against the l,.e.
course OF the Tagliamento.
The Austro-Hungarian communication
lays:
The italian Carnia front has coli
lapsed on the most important sectors.
During a snowstorm our tronn4
wrested from the enemy frontier
positions which he had built up Gur.
Ing two and n half years son,hwcst
of Jarvis, near Pontafel, IN ito
sPloccken region, and or st Pal
The material captured in mo
twelfth Isonzo battle exceeds hv fr
the booty which fell into our HANDS
as result OF our Gaiician and Polish
summer offensive In 1918.