Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-30
GREAT TEUTON DRIVE ]
CHECKED BY ITALY,
BATTLE STILL RACE!
Landing q Estho6ian Coast
Which Was Considered
Threat Against Russian Ma.
val Base of RevaI Abandone,

NEW YORK, Oct 2s.-(By cable
from foreign capitals. 1.-The powerful
Austro-German advance which has bee
pressing through the foothills of tn
Julian Alps on to the plains of norther
Italy is being kept in check by tn :
Italian forces which are faithfully full
Filling their duty, it is officially an
nounced by the war office in Rome to-
day.
London advices say the Italians viii
be given all possible aid and that steps
already have been taken to this end
Presumably Italy's own reserves of me-
and guns have by this time been draw
up In notable volume and supplies hurA
ried northward to reinforce the italian
armies in the great battle raging Oh
| the FriuE plain.
Sweeping down from the mountafnA
into the plains OF Friuli the invadera
have captured Cividale and GoriziaI
100000 prisoners and 700 guns
The fall of Gorilla is a serious men
ace to the italian troops holding thu
Carso line southwark to the head of thu
Adriatic, but General Cadorna stili
would be able to offer stout resistance
on line running through Tolmezzal
Gemona, Udine, Buttrio and GradiscaI
The capture Of Gradisca by the Teutons|
however, would make a retreat from thu \
| Carso inevitable, and also somewhat OF
a difficulty. The line of the sTaglia
mento river, 1t appears. would give tn a
Italians the better natural positions
from which to hold the Germans FROM
the Venetian plains and the over-runl
ming OF northern Italy.
While the whole Isonzo line Is IN
grave danger there Is also serioud
threat in the Teuton drive to the ItalI
ian line in the Carnic Alps, and ever|
| In the Dolomftes, north of Belluno|
Apparently Field Marshal Won Mackenl
sen is endeavor1ng to drive a wedgd
| between the armies on the Carso front
and those in the mountains northwest
Of Udine. Some Of the advanced Ital|
ian positions in the Carnic Alps prob
ably have been abandoned already. II
/ this should prove true the Tagliaanentd
river seems TO offer General Cadornd
his first defensive line, unless his ar1
mics stiffen greatly and hold the in1
/ vaders within a few miles Of theiI
| present positions.
Operations carried out by the Bell
gians and French looking toward the
| elimination of Houtholst forest, north
Of Ypres. are progressing favorably
The entire Merclzem peninsula, south OF
Dixmude, has been captured by allied
troops, who have also taken Mercken,
|
forest. The British hold the southern
| side of the forest and a continuation
/ OF the Belgo-French advance would
make the German position untenable
A German retirement between Warrfe1
| ton and Dixmude to straighten out the
! line and eliminate the Ypres salient is
| not unlocked for in German military
circles. One leading German critic.
Major Moraht, says the front is unten7
/ hat h xrvfIl =.
/ to retire to a new line. Such a line
| probably would run through Menin "a
| Roulers to Thourout and thence to the
! sea.
On the northern Russian front the
Germans have extended their with
| draWal movement to include the force
| that recently was landed on the Werder
peninsula, after the capture of Oesel.
and Moon islands at the entrance to
the Gulfo of Riga. This landing was
viewed at the time as threat against
RevaI, the Russian naval base on the
Gulf of FINLAND, and as a possible
! prelude to even more extensive land
| operations by the Germans in the di-
| rectiOn of Petrograd.
The withdrawal leaves the Germans
! withouta foothold on the Esthonian
coast, attempts by them to follow up
the original landing by putting troops
! aShOrt at points DOIn nOfth ana Soulh
of the peninsula having failed, acord-
ing to the Russian reports. There has
| been prevalent the assumption that
there never was any intention by the
| Germans TO push their Riga operation
| much beyond the naval stage this fall.
/ the view being that the threat against
| the Gulf of Finland may well have
been a diversion for political effect in
| Russia or to distract attention from
/ operations in preparation elsewhere. z
! The artillery battle is being conti1-
ued in Flanders and in sections of the
Aisne front and the Verdun region. In
! the last named the Germans attacked
/ spiritedly last night in the Chaume
wood and BeZonvaux east of the
/ Meuse, and won something more than
/ 500 yards of advanced trenches. The
/ French in an immediate counter at
! tack recaptured the major portion OF
/ lost ground.
IL H. lhIiI t. o,o4o Dr.