American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-08-31

Al an many points az possible on the
hny-mlie front from the Adriatic TO
TOlmino on the extreme north he en-
Dloyed his troops In ferociOus attacks
upon the Austrians. The way had been
prepared by a greater mobilization OF
guns han had ever before been ac-
cOmplished on any Italian front. Brit
lsh aud French heavy artillery are said
10 be participating Ia the drive. which
is not yet ended
While General CadOrna'a reports
have been fragmontary and evidently
designed not 10 reveal too much, II is
obvious that he has achieved a major
success. " not a decisive triumph. Tho
number OF prlsOnera-abou 10000
Us indicative OF the extent and power
of his attacks. ie has aiso taken
mora than sixty guns OF heavy caliber
and scores OF machine guns, trench
mOtars. etc. The slaughter has been
appalling and the Austrian line has
cracked ia many places. Perhaps the
most notable advance has been up the
slopes Of Monte Santo. The Italians.
after I'VE days OF fighting, are said to
have attained the crest OF this posi-
lion.
Tho French drive at Verdun a
] AMNNANfA VII ~ AARMA VI ANfAN 'AtfNN
miles. running from AvOcourt. west OF
the Mouse, TO ~Bezonvaux. east OF the
river All OF the positions taken dur
ing the week are positions captured
by the Germans In their big offensive
begun ON February "a. 1916. Just TO
the northeast OF Avocourt Is hill 304
then como the twin SUBMITS OF Le
Mort HOmme, then Cumieres wood and
tthe Mouse river. East OF the stream
we're captured Cote L'Ole. hill 34f and
positions north OF Fort DouaumOnt. In
? the frat attacks the French made
! their greatest gains east of the river,
and by the second day they had occu-
pied ReKneville aud Samogneux, two
villages which are mach farther north
than "a line drawn through lie Mort
iiommc and the other positions west
of the Mouse. The FIRST triumph OF
p the French west OF the river was tho
b capture OF the twin SUBMITS OF lie
Mort Homme Hill 3O4 held out for
several days longer. but eventually the
a Germans. %Outnanked on the east and
20 some extent on the west. were
B. compelled 20 give q before a resO-
e lutte attack from three sidos.
In tho meantime the Canadians had
Z been lighting ncrcely at Lens after
Z the capture OF hill 40. In the Npres
7 region the British had pushed forward
D boz the region between tho Ypres-Rou-
lera and the Ypres-Meniu road. ROu-
Z lers is northeast OF Ypres and Monin
Z southeast. In counter-attacks the Ger
; mans we're able 10 press back the Brit
ish somewhat on both side OF the
, Ypros- Menin road The battle has
been furiously contested aud there has
/, been much hand-to-hand lighting. The
= British have made a slight new ad-
, vance.
: In the Lens attacks the Canadians
/. have made some gains northwest.
/. west and southwest OF the city amid
! the Stag heaps and other formidable
d%ofenses. Al points they have invaded
/, the suburban streets and have been
lighting hand to hand amid the forth
+, fled ruins.
, The only independent moves on the
/. part of the Germans have boon attacks
hy tho crown prince In the Champagne
and sporadic raids Ia the NOsges
mountains The only Austrian re-
/, spOnse t0 the Italian drive has been
I "a few attacks on tho Trentiuo sectors
What promises 20 ho q German Of
{ fcusiye of note "a u drive i%nauguratod
- lu the Riga district with RIGA as the
objective Tho reports seem 20 signi-
y disorEnnifatlon Ina the Russian
ranks, for at some places the Slav
troops retired without lighting At
other points they resisted The Ger
mans were enabled To push along the
coast ~ the Gulf of Finland and TO
reach the river "A at some points lt
is probable that the Russians haye re-
| tired to some Of their older positions.
In Rumania the routons have been
\ attacking determinodly IN the Ocna
! region and southwark az the Marascch-
/. d railroad junction. Although the Ru-
maulans appear 20 have beer w0rsted
Doe some OF the encounters they have
not yielded much ground and IN sew
eral places rcgained lost ground boy
counter-attacks
} The allies have extended their afr
warfare 90 greater proportions than
ever. While their scouts aud fighters
have been busy on all the western
fronts including the Isonzo front.
2 French. British and Italian bombing
! squadrons have penetrated FAR behind
. the enemy lines. dropping explosives
= on military and naval detectives. In
/. a retaiiatory raid on Venice the Aus.
: TRANS badly damaged the roof OF the
famous school of ST. Mark. which wa:
n being used as a hospital. Some Of IN,
% patients were killed.
The British naval forces operating
along the coast OF Denmark we're sue
cessful ia destroying a Zeppelin. Al
) of the crew perished-Salt Lake Tri
bune.