The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-28
Leave Mountains OF Guns, Mu-
nitiOns and Foods.
TeutOns Back SO Quickly They
Cannot Be Captured.
LOSE $4,000 IN ONE BATTLE
Terrible German Sacrifice Is
Recited by Prisoners.
Fear That Pope Peace Plan Is
Doomed to Failure.

Washington Aug. 2S.-T-ieste is be-
ing evacuated. It's civil population is
deserving the town, at tho order of
Austrian high command, according to
the Zurich correspondent of Corriere
d'Italia. whose dispatches We're cabled
to the Italian embassy here today
Most df the citizens lef- yesterday,
taking with them "all articles of
value" the cable stated. They sought
refuge in the interior of A-stria.
Hourly the Italian offensive be-
comes more certain of a military de-
cision, cable messages say The Aus
trian troops in the sector dominated
by Monte Santo are reported so far
ahead of the Italians in their retreat,
that no trace of them can be found
& eept stacks of abandoned munitions,
guns and food
From Monte Santo, msny square
miles of territory can be liked by the
Italian artillery. No Austrian posi-
tiOns in this zone can be held more
than a few hours.
Monte Gabriel and Monte Daniel are
still held by the Austrians put are still
isolated No food or mu~ltiOns can
reach the beleaguered trc ops. The
fall of these mountain forts is a mat
ter of days, the cables say. Emperor
Charles spent the entire day of August
- at the front with the Austrian high
command and General BCreoeviz- He
saw TarnoVo captured and one fort on
the CarSo destroyed by he Italian
bombardment He left while the Ital-
ian troops were charging to victory.
Austrian papers admit the precar-
ious position of their troo As. The Lo-
kal Anzeiger correspondent, makes nc
effort to conceal the important ad-
vantages gained by me Italians
DcbacIe of Defca.
London, Aug 2S-Italy's sweep
forward from Monte Santo across the
plateau of Bainsizza is fast becoming
a debacle of defeat for Austria. The
Austrian staff has decreed detriments
a several places to save Hhole di-
visions from thanking moves. The
morale of the retreating troops, con-
Stantly battered by Italian, French
and British long range guns and at
tackled necessarily by Italian flyers, is
steadily decreasing.
New Austrian troops have beer
rushed to the places of the exhausted
defenders and are desperately but
Vainly striving to stem the flood OF
the Italian offense, which burst thru
when Monte Santos subjugation was
completed.
Today's front dispatches indicated
not only pursuit of the retreatinr
Austrians across Bainsizza but attacks
further south by the Italians at the
chain of rocky promontories of which
Kuk, Monte Santo and the Nodice are
the three largest
Discomfort in Austria.
Swiss dispatches brought word tina
Austria is seething with dlscontant
Ally victories are causing widespread
alarm The public. which h-d re
garded the pope's peace plea as Ger
tain of acceptance is now realizing i
is foredoomed to failure.
Lose 10000 in One Battle.
With the French Armies in tn,
Field, Aug. 2S.-Germany has los
more than $4,000 men in the Flander
battle alone since July /.
The figures were compiled today
when the assembling of data obtained
from prisoners was completed
Prisoners said thirty-seven German
divisions approximately 455.000 men
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