Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-04
ITALIANS HOLDING
ENEMY IN CHECK
Austro-Germans Unable to
Cross the Tagliamento
Against Cadorna.
FRENCH VICTORY GREAT
German Withdrawal Va
Gates Thirteen-Mile
Strip Mile Deep.
PICKED TROOPS ARE BEATEN
Flower of Crown Prince Army
Unable TO Withstand Hail
of Shot and Shell.
PICKED TROOPS ARE BEATEN
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press
Standing on the line of the Taslia-
mento. General Cadorna has so far
been able to hold intact his north and
south front along the river, despite
several attempts by the Austro- Ger
man invaders of northern Italy to ef-
feet crossing.
II is pointed cut that the new ltal-
ian front, although the enforced re .
tirement to it was marked by heavy
losses in men and material, affords
the strategic advantage of being
straighter and shorter than the old
line and therefore, theoretically, is
easier to defend.
ElanIis Exposed.
With the known strong concentra-
tion of Austrian and German forces
against the Italians there exists the
menace to this line OF u flanking
thrust from the north Close attention
is being paid to the Trentino front,
whence a blow is not an unlikely move
If the campaign in Italy is TO proceed
beyond The stage already reached.
rcassuring features but its continued
gravity is not to be underestimated.
The enemy advance rs being held
west of the Tagliamento river.
The Italian cavalry is again demon
strating its value. Reports coming in
from all quarters now make It clear
that the enemy united in the decision
to try to deliver a staggering blow at
Italy and thus derange The entire
scope OF the entente oflfensives' at
other points. Not only did Germany
participate with heavy forces massed
against the Italian second army, but
the larger pert of the huge concen-
tratIon was drawn from the Russian
front under circumstances which the
Italians regard as very mysterious.
Ficnch Score Decided Victory.
The completion of the German
withdrawal from the Chemin dea
Danes plateau is announced. The
Paris account of the movement shows
the German retirement to have eX-
tended along a l3-mle front from the
Disc -Aisne canal to Corbeny. The
crown prince withdrew his lines a
maximum distance of a mile to the
north bank of the Ailette, command
ing the approaches to the fortress OF
Laon, the keystone of the German
line in this region.
The movement was obviously forced
by the recent success of the French
in their drive southwest Of Laor,
which gave them enfilading positions
for their guns and made a large sec
tor of the German lines untenable.
Prize Troops Beaten.
The best elements of the German
crown princes armies lost the greater
part of their effcctives and were com
PEELED to go to the rear to reconsti-
tute their diminished ranks. Those
Germans left along the crest of the
Chemin des Danes had been COM
PEELED TO suffer daily and nightly an
ircessaut enfilading fire from tho
French guns emplacSd in positions
wrested from the Prussian guards di-
vision during the battle of Malmaison.
1t was impossible for the Germans
to keep their front line supplied with
ammunition or food, the carriers of
which were compelled to pass thru IA
tornado OF shells and machine gun
bullets while crossing the VALLEY Of
the Aictte. where their every mave-
ment could be observed by tho
French. Eventually the position be-
came untenable and the Germans re-
tired during the night to the north
ern side of the valley.
The French are keeping in the
closest touch with the enemy.