Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-20

In the Trentino and along the Piave
the Italians have the Austro- Germans
in check for the moment. and there
are indications of reawakening o.
fighting activity on the western front,
especially in Flanders and around St
Quentin. '-.,
East and northeast Of Ypres the
British are now we'll established on
the Passchendaele ridge. These posi-
tons have been under heavy bombard-
ment by the Germans for several days,
apparent evidence that the Germans
are nervous and hope by their artil'
lery fire to check new British thrust.
Around St. Quentin, north-north-
west Of the Athlete, where the French
gained notable success recently,
German and allied patrols have been
busy. North of St. Quentin both the
British and Germans carried out ralds.
French artillery has been shelling
heavily the German positiciis south
of the town for several days and a
thrust by French troops, evidently as
feeler, was repulsed by the defend
ers, Berlin reports. , :
MARCH ON PETRoGRAD.
Another army is reported marching
on Petrograd to oust the BolshevikI
from control there. The vanguard,
which is said to be near Gatchina, SO
miles southwest of the capital, al
ready has had several brushes with
the Bolshevjki forcesf 1t is rumored
that Premier Kerensky is returning
with the pew force. All the reports
lack confirmation ".f .""
Jaffa, the ancient Joppa and the
seaport on the Mediterranean for Jc-
rusalem, has beeif occupied by the
British. The Turks gave up this i'm
portant point without resistance ano
are retiring nerthward under pres
sure. Jerusalem Is IS miles south
east of Jaffa and its occupation by
General Allenby's troops probably is
a matter of only few days.
Fearful Carnage. 80
Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Sunday, Nov. l8.--The Aus
trians who forced their way across the
Piave river above Zenson have been
| thrown into the river, drowned, bay
oneted, killed or captured, until now
not an enemy remains on the west
bank at that mott threatened point:
! The fight was one OF the most fearful
chapters of the war and one OF the
most glorious.
| Details Of the fight have been gath
cred from eye-witnesses who saw the
fearful carnage through Friday night
and yesterday. and who stayed until
the whole west bank was cleared ex-
cept for the corpses on the shore and
in the foreground.
The wounded were so numerous
that many have not yet received Sue
cor. The enemy had staked every
thing on getting to the west bank OF
the river, and the Italians staked
everything on keeping him on the
eastern bank. This herved both to
desperation. The Austrians made the
first move Friday in two separate
crossings a short distance above Zen
son. first at the village of Fagare, ano
then an old mill called the Sega mill.
near Follina.
They chose a place where sane
bar ran in midstream, giving them a
landing and dividing the main stream
into two small shallow currents. Also
there was a heavy mist screening
their. movements. They carried ma
tcrial for an improvised bridge with
uprights and with iron plates for floor
! ing.
About 5 o'clock in the morning and
in the mist at that early hour they
crossed the second narrow channel to
the west bank. The last 10 feet the
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