Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-11-01
Former War Headquarters Of
Italian Army In Hands
of Germans.
BIG ENGLISH GUNS SAVED
CadOrna's Cavalry Covering
His Retreat--Stand Planned
Along TagliamentO.

The drive of the Germans and Aus
tro-Hungarians, begun week ago
against the eastern and northeastern
fronts Of the Austro-ltalian theater,
continued undated but with the
Italian cavalry fighting rear guard ac-
tons to cover the retreat of the Itali-
ans topositions chosen for stand
and the Teutonic allies also being i'm
peded by the flooded conditions of
the Tagliamento river.
Udine, former headquarters of the
Italian army in eastern Venetia, has
been captured by the invaders, who
also are pressing the Italians west
ward from the IsonZo front and in
vading Italian territory from the north
through passes in the Carnie Alps.
The invasion of the province of
Venetia from the east with Udne the
apex of the drive, already is about
twenty miles deep but as yet no
definite information is at hand from
which it is possible to Judge the ex-
tent of the advance of the Teutons in
the other districts. If the movement
from the north keeps pace with that
from the northeast and the east, how
ever, the predicament of General Ca
dorna's forces necessarily will be a
serious one and it is not beyond the
realms Of possibility that unless the
eastern armies are ables to make
stand on the plains of Friuli further
considerable number of the Italians
will be captured,
Nothing has been vouchsafed in
either the Italian, German or Austrian
official communications to indicate
what the situation is in the Trentino
sector which lies to the west and
northwest of the present zone of ac-
tivity, but it is not improbable that it,.
as unofficial advices have stated, the
Austro-Swiss frontier has been closed,
reinforcements both from Germany
and Austria are being hurried up for
an offensive of great magnitude in
this region. The driving back of the
Italians southwark in this region
might seriously affect the plans of the
entente allies to send relief to General
Cadorna if the route chosen for this
purpose were across the Franco
Italian border and eastward by rail.
In the retreat of the Italians the
British artillery units, which early in
the spring were sent to the Isonzo
front to aid the Italians in their drive
toward Triest saved all their guns
but the men suffered severely from
cold, the inclement weather and lack
of food.
Field Marshal Haig has again S, Mt
forward his forces in the Ypres sector
on what apparently were intended as
llne-straightening operations and again
has been successful in gaining the
greater portion of his detectives.
The attacks were delivered over small
fronts in the regions of Passchendaele
and Poelcapelle, where spurs If
ridges and other points of VANTAGE
were taken.
The Canadians, with their usuaI
brilliancy of attack, early in the Of
fensive gained their detectives in
GLIDING Crest farm, four hundred
Yards from the heart of Passchendaele.
Some OF them even penetrated into
the town itself and also were close IN
the village of Goeberg to the north.
The German official communication
admits that Passchendaele was can
tured but says the Canadians were
driven out.
On the other battle fronts. exeer,
for spirited artillery fighting ON 30
Alsne and Mouse sectors of France
the operations have been of a minor
character