Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-04
CADORNA HOLDING
HIS LINE INTACT
ON TAGL|AMENT0
Austro-German Invaders
Make Several Attempts
to Cross River. 10
NEW FRONT PROBABLY s. ~
is EASIER TO DEFEND
aaGk.
t45%se
Menace of Flanking Thrust From
North Not Being Over ss i
looked by Italians. ...s
WATCHING TRENTlNo FRONT
- Ns-.a
Germans Complete Withdrawal of
Their Forces From Chemin-
des-Dames Plateau. s..ti
NEW FRONT PROBABLY s. ~
is EASIER TO DEFEND
TRENTINo 'FRONT.'
Germans Complete Withdrawal, q
Their Forces From Chemin- -.
des-Dames Plateau. stEt
Lny Associated press.1

Standing on the line of the Tag.
liamento.. General Cadorna has sot far
been able to hold intact his northyaftd
south front along the river, despite
several attempts by the Austro-G GeEifnan
invaders of Northern Italy to effecsra
crossing.
1t is pointed out that the new Italian
front. although the enforced retirement
to it was marked by heavy losses In
men and material, affords the strateStS
advantage of being straishter and
shorter than the old line, and there.
fore, theoretically. is easier to defend.
With the known strong concentra.
tion OF Austrian and German forces
against the Italians however, there
exists the menace to this line 81 =
fanking thrust from the north. CIbaS
attention. therefore, is being paid to
the T:cntino front. whence heavy
blow is not an unlikely development.
provided the Teutonic intention IsGSo
pursue the campaign In Italy beyond
the stage already reached ,N.stts
Berlin announces the completion. ..by
the Germans of the withdrawal..6s
tl.cir line from the Chemin -des- Danes
plateau. The Paris account of the
movement shows the German retire.
ment to have extended along n tifrs
tcen-mile front from the Oise-Afsns
canal to Corbeny. The crown prifYcA
withdrew his lines a maximum dis
tance of mile. to the north bank or
the Ailette. commanding the approaches,
to the fortress OF Laon, the ltcystonst
of the German line in this region.
MOVEMENT FORCED ny --~.si
RECENT FRENCH SUCEEyyf'
This movement was OBVIOUSLY foroef
hn
in their new drive southwest oreLaon.;
which gave them ent1lading positidns.
for their guns and made a. large SEQ
ton of the German lines untena BILE. ~ IA
American prisoners have been taReHj
by tho Germans. Berlin announced.
this briefly on Saturday, stating thakt
the captures were the result of recongs
noitering thrust at the Rhine e-AIarnes
canal, which crosses the French frhiits
near the German border twenty nuftsSf
northeast of Luneville. No Announces
ment regarding the captures had been:
received in Washington from General
Pershing at a late hour.
British naval operations were gRr4;
ried successfully into the Catteeafs
where a German auxiliary cruiEeE
armed with siX-inch guns. and s.te<as
armed German patrol craft weressdSSJ
SlTOScu without losses 10 the BrlGSUI
News dispatches from CopenhakaHl
give details of the incident. and ahS
nounce the arrival of survivors frorH
the German raider on Danish soil
British destroyers, II is stated aceoSnS:
plished this destructive work. Other
news dispatches from the Danish capt
tai report also the destruction Of the
German auxiliary cruiser Marie By
British destroycrs. thirty members 6Sl
the cruisers crew being killed and Is
number wounded. .-.h.Sss