The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1917-11-08
AUSTRO-GERMANS
WIN ENTIRE LINE
Italians Evacuate Positions
Along TagIiamento.
ROME ADMITS NEW RETREAT
Retirement to New Lines Carried Out
thodicaIIy-Cavalry Acting as
Rear Guard and Fighting
Heroicaly.

| Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Nov. THE Italian retirement
to new lines is being methodically car
ried out. The morale Of the troops is
good in all ranks. The cavalry is
again acting as rear guard in
screening movement and fighting hero
ically.
Teutons Seize Entire Line.
Berlin, Nov. THE Italian line on
the Tagliamento river has been won
by the Austro-Germans, it was official
ly announced by the German general
staff. The Italians have evacuated the
entire line along the river to the
Adriatic coast.
The German statement says that
from the Fella valley to the Colbrison,
north of the Sugana valley, the Ital-
lans are retreating.
lThis region includes the front along
the Dolomites and the Cernic Alps.]
CONGREGATIONS, the German state
ment adds, indicate that the route be-
ing taken by the retiring Italians Is.
between the mountains and the sea
through the upper Italian plain.
Berlin Tells of Big Retreat
The announcement is as follows:
THE Tagliament0 line has been Won
by us. The Italians are again in re-
treat between the mountains and the
sea. CONGREGATIONS indicate their route
of retirement through the upper Ital-
ian plain.
THE military operations, which re-
suited In a crossing at the mountain
edge by a German and Austro-Hun-
garian division. which was eager to
advance, drove wedge into the natur-
ally strong defensive positions of the
enemy on the western bank of the
river. The rapid widening of the
bridgehead thus gained by successful
lighting compelled the enemy to evacu-
ate the whole river line to the Adriatic
coast. Up the river to the Fella valley
Italian brigades still held out Mon
day.
The pressure of our advance has
also compelled the Italians 20 give up
their mountain front. From the Fella
valley to the Colbricon. north of the
Sugana valley, on width Of more
than $50 kilometers (93) miles the
Italians have had to give up zones of
defense which they have consolidated
for years past and are in retreat.
Further operations of the allied
(Austro-German) armies have been
begun"
Rome Admits Yielding Ground.
Rome, Nov. THE Italians have
been compelled to evacuate territory
in the mountainous area north of the
plains of northern Italy in order TO
establish their new line, the war office
reports. The enemy occupied this ter
ritory after the Italian withdrawal.
The statement is as follows
Besides persisting in intensified
pressure from the zone of the upper
Taglimento against our left wing, the
ments toward the middle and lower
course of the river Some hostile van
guards, which came into contact with
detachments of grenadier brigade
southeast of st. Nito-al-Tagiamento
were repulsed.
ITO establish our new lines we were
compelled to evacute portions of the
territory in the mountainous area,
which has been occupied by the adj
versary after the withdrawal of our
troops.
IAN enemy airplane was brought
down at Nervesa."
[By the new Italian retreat virtually
all of eastern Nenetia, it would APP
pear, is being left to, Austro-German
occupation. The Italian withdrawal is
along the entire front as far west as
the edge of the Trentino district
Carl Taylor, deputy commissioner of
the American Red Cross in Italy, is
making arrangements to render assist
ance to Italians made homeless by the
Austro-German drive in northern Italy.
Warns of Attack on Venice.
Amsterdam, Nov. Accommodating
on the Austro-German advance in the
direction of Venice, the semiofficial
Berlin news agency prepares the pub
lie for an attack on the famous art
center. 1t contends that Venice has
developed into an important center of
war industries.