The Washington herald., 1917-08-22

ain men are Sull gong strong.
, On top Of the official news that
I painted this picture OF entente sue
cess, the cheeriest since the Marne,
came unofficial dispatches tonight
foreshadowing an even more rOseate
situation. Trains upon trains with
troops are arriving in Flanders from
Galicia, it was learned. Column upon
column Of Austrian reserves are
thrown into the gaps on the lsohZo
and Carson fronts. Rome telegraph
ed These re-inforcements. too. 1t is
believed, are coming from the eastern
front 4 few days ago Gen. KOrnilo1,
the new Russian chief commander.
predicted an early Muscovite drive.
With the TeutOn front in the east be-
ing thinncd to meet the onslaught on
seven different fronts-four in the
west and three on the Austro-Itslian
line-fulhllment Of Kornilon's predlc-
ton even sooner than any one had
dared to hope looms large tonight
Peace talk has been virtually SNUFF
ed out by the triple storm that threat
ems to tear the gates and roofs from
the beleaguered dual fortress OF the
central empires. Saturday night when
Cadorna's guns roared their overture
10 lllN DleENEL AAaAAdlA NAANN eEA eH"AAH
Austrian aviators were scattering
peace pamphlets over the Italian lines.
The infantry smash which on the fol-
lowing morning steam-rolIed over the
Austrian frSt. second and third lines
was Italy's answer.
Mock Peace Dove.
On the Verdun front the timid
hutterinEs OF the Roman peace dove
were Knocked by a myraid Of shells.
while carrier pigeons in a straight
unwaverng flight brought message
after message Of success from the at
taclIing chiefs TO the directing brains
back Of the line.
Here are the chief developments OF
the triple drive IN the last twenty
four hours:
1.-The Italian on nsive The
Austrian line is beginning 10 bend and
give way at various points" was The
latest word from the Rome war Of
fee this evening. jubilantly greetcd
not cniy In Italy bUJ throughout ala
( entente countries. The drive, which
began early Sunday. as the prelude to
the concerted allied push, continues,
: though nece essasily at a reduced speed
owing to the StIGcUInE Of AusJraiu
: resistance after the initial blows,
Some highly valuable strateE Eicsl
gains were made TO-DAY between the
village Of Ceio and the fortress OF
StaTlonokva, on the Carso front, IN the
direction OF Trieste. II now seems
clear that the big Austrian port is
again the main goal Of the Italian
legiOns. CadOrna, in attacking
simultaneously all the way between
PLAYA and the Adriatic, utilized the
lessons OF his last offensive. At that
time. while he was concentrating his
efforts on the Carso the Austrains
threw the weight Of their forces
against the Italian lines near Goriz!a
and in the Julian Alps. thus creating
| a successful diversion. This time
Cadorna tackled every vital sector
| OF the Austrian front simultaneously
and, having shaken the whole
Austrian line, can now afford to ham
mer away chiefly on the Carso. The
chief obstacle there is the FORMIDABLE
/ HermaGa Ridge, comparable TO the
/ Nimy and Messines ranges on the
Anglo-German front. only more
| powerful because Of its natural for
tificatiOns. Realizing that this eye"
OF the Carso. and ultimately, or
I Trieste must be put out first, the
| greater part OF Sl Italian airmen
I swooped down upon the HermaGa
| Heights and scattered tons Of pro-
| jectiles among the massing Austrian
| reserves.
Assaults Beaten OF.
The exact number of prisoners re-
| corded SO FAR is lG.l05 men and -4S
! officers. Many other wounded pris-
1 onCrS are in the feId hospitals" SAYS
| the Rome statement. DeseTate at
/ tempts by the Austrian stan 10 create
/ a diversion marked the dav. At va
! rious points Of the Trentiuo and Car
/ nian fronts violent assaults were de-
! livered. They were beaten OF every
/ where. Rome neotts.
Nerdun Front: Along the whole
| front Of what Maurice Barrow e., He'd
J The Center Of the Universe" ia the
| Spring of 1916. The troops OF the
Crown Prince, swept out Of positions
I for which in a year and a half OF
bitter fighting hundreds Of thousands
I Of their comrades have been killed or
! wounded, attacked all day long with
! death defying valOr. Death, taking mp
the challenge. rCaped a harvest that
rivalled his best days OF the war.
Again and again the TeUton storming
! columns flung themselves forward in
the direction Of the coveted citadel,
now considerably farther from their
reach. Again and again their ranks
were raked by the murdcrous French
machine-Gun fire so that only frag-
ments got as far as the PoIlus first
line only to be bayOnettcd. In the
AVocourt wood. the extreme left OF the
French attacking front, and in the
Caurieres wood, 10 the right OF the
Meuse, these TCuton counter-attaCks
were most desperate. The enemy
suffered heavy losses without result.
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