The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-31
j. S. REGIMENT
CROSSES PIAVE
IN AIDING DIAZ
Battle Extends From Bren-
ta to Sea With Maximum
Gain Of Seven Miles.
CAPT1vEs REACH $4,000
Italians Reported at the Lii
venza, While British Are
Over the MonticanO.

PARIS. Oct. 80. - The great drive
Italy has spread over a front of sixty
miles and Is increasing in momentum.
the maximum advance to-day reach
ing seven miles at several points and
averages perhaps three miles.
This maximum was attained by
Italian troops in the mountainous re-
gion to the north, who penetrated
north Of Conegllano as far as Vittorio,
and by the British in the middle re-
gion. who reached and in some places
crossed the Monticano River. A new
Italian army has come into action un-
der the Duke OF Aosta in the region
south of the British sector; this army
crossed the Piave River east of Zen
son and at San Dona di Piave. near
the sea. Unconfirmed reports say that
allied troops have reached the Lii
northeast Of the Piave.
faptives Reach $4,000.
In these operations $4,000 prisoners
have been taken and several hundred
guns. The Austrians while fighting
well in places. are making rather 4
feeble resistance as a whole and are
beginning to show some signs of de-
moralization. Should this go much
further it might develop into a rout
and the clearing of all north Italy OF
the invaders as far as the Isonzo
River. More than 100 towns and viii
lagos have been liberated.
The American contingent. which yes
terday was reported in reserve back Of
the Piave, has now crossed the river
and gone into action. 1t is the 332d
Infantry Regiment.
The Associated Press correspondent at
Italian army headquarters on the Piave
| front says the American troops on this
front are operating with the Tenth
army, composed of British. Italians and
Americans, under Lieut.-Gen. the Earl
| of Cavan. This was the first army to
begin operations by establishing a
! bridgehead across the Piave River at the
| Island of Grave di Papadopolo,
American troops under Major-Gen.
Charles G. Treat have crossed the Piave
River. The Italian Third Army has es-
tablished there bridgeheads on 'the
Lower Piave.
1.-THE 332d Infantry is one OF the Ma
! tional Army regiments formed from
| Pennsylvania and Ohio troops at Camp
| Sherman. Ohio. The regiment is COM
manded by Col. William Wallace. 1t
formed part of the Eighty-third Division.
From Brenta TO the Sea.
The official Italian report made public
| to-day In Rome says:
Our offensive extended southwark
| from the Middle Plave yesterday. A
| third army has now entered the strug-
gle. On the front from the Brenta to
the sea three-quarters of the Italian
army are lighting in brotherly union
with a gallant French division and the
young and daring 332d American In
fantry Regiment.
Between the Brenta and Piave Riv-
ers the bitterness of the resistance and
! the aggressiveness of the enemy. sup
ported by fTszh reserves. have for six
DAYS given the struggle particular
/ herceness.
East Of the Piave the enemy is yield
ing to our pressure and we are over
coming successive lines
In the Grappa region yesterday our
Fourth Army gained advantages in the
region of Petirca and Col DELI Orso.
The Twelfth Army has reached the
outskirts OF the village of Quero, taken
Seguisino and carried Monte Cesen.
The Eighth Army has occupied the
dcfile Of Follina and reached Vittorio.
There 10 fighting north Of Conegliano.
The Tenth Army is beyond the Coneg-
ano-Oderzo road. The Third Army
has crossed the Piave to San Dona di
Piave and east of Zenson.
The prisoners captured since Thurs
day number S02 officers and 32,19S
men. OF guns several hundred have
been taken. II has been impossible to
calculate the number OF machine guns
and tho quantity Of material cap
tured.
British Cross the Monticano.
A report on the British operations IL
Italy says:
The British Tenth Army has reached
approximately Roucadelle. Ormelle,
Fountainelle and the line of the Month
cano River to Ramara. At some places
we have crossed the Monticano.
The prisoners taken by the Tenth
Army since the commencement of the
operation amount to HOOP, including
345 officers. or these the Fourteenth
British Corps captured 2i6 officers and
5000 men OF other ranks The num-
Der of guns and the material captured
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