The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-30
CadOrna's Forces Retreat
ing to Tagliamento; Whole
IsOnzO Front COllapses.
THREE WEDGES DRIVEN
Third Italian Army Falls
Back Along the Adri-
attic Coast.
SOME UNITS FIGHTING
Line Gives From Sea to
PlOcckcn Pass-FOe Bring
ing Up More Troops.
SOME UNITS FIGHTING

LONDON. Oct. Blower a sixty-nvs
mile front. from Ploecken Pass, In the
north, to the Adriat!c in the south. the
tremendous Austro-German drive. their
losses continuing to pile up and their
retreat growing more disastrous every
hour. According to Berlin. this retreat
at many places has been turned into Q
rout.
The whole Italian position is menaced
and the situation Of Gen. Cadorna's
forces is critical. From the Isonzo Gen.
Cadorna Is falling back toward the Tag
liamento, yielding in the course OF few
days operations ground captured only
after months of toll and at a tremendous
cost in lives. His front still seems far
from secure and there is no attempt to
disguise the fact that the extent Of the
disaster is growing.
Austro-German forces are before
tdine. former Italian grand headQuar!
ters. the key position to the whole line,
and from there to the mountains in the
north and the Adriatic in the south are
exerting an unremitting pressure upon
announcement that the whole Isonzo
front has collapsed seems borne out, and
there seems reason TO fear that an even
greater blow is imminent.
Three Wedges Driven,
Three great wedges have been driven
into the lines. and the foe, according to
an unofficial despatch. is bringing up
still more troops. and has closed the
Austro-Swiss frontier, as Is customary
In such movements.
Atys armies are preparing to make
stand on the Taglamento, a stand
which 1t is hoped will prove parallel
TO the battle Of the Marne IN staying
the Germans. Facing practically the
ehtife Austrian army. reinforced by
many German divisions and an almost
unprecedented number of German guns.
they are fighting desperately to stem
an invasion which has had no counter
part since Field Marshal Won Mack.
ehsen' leader OF the present drive,
crushed Rumania.
To-day's official statement from Rome
gives every indication that the dis
mayed forces Of Gen. Cadorna, in spite
Oh the iact that they are confronted by
an enemy quadruple their number have
rallied gallanly and are lighting, partly
on their own soil. to check the Teuton
mood frantic efforts to give assistance
are being made BY all the allied nations.
Berlin Admits Check At Udine,
Rome asserts that the advance into
northern Italy is being checked Berlin
admits that stand is being made before
dine, where Gen. Cadorna's headouar-
'ers are. but says the retreat of other
Itaiian forces has rot been halted.
Mention Is made OF the third Italian
army. which. from Wippach TO the
Adriatic. is said to be giving ground
along the coast. Cormons, eight miles
west OF Gou,z and nineteen miles south
east or td!ne. has fallen. The num-
Der Of Prisoners is said TO be increasing
rapidly.
To the north Berlin says the Italian
'front.' Is giving way as far as Ploecken
fass, The retreat Of the second army
to the Tagliamento line ~ declared to
have been disorderly rout. the SOL
dierS mingling with civilians In wild
flight along every available road and
over the open country. Gen. otto Won
Below is the field commander, although
there seems no doubt that Marshal Won
Mackenseu is the guiding genius Of the
great advance.