The sun., 1918-07-13
Single Front POO Miles Long
Extends From Albania
to SalOnica.
GREEKS IN THE FIGHT
Bulgarian Positions Being
Threatened by New
Army in Balkans.
SERBIANS EAGER TO AID
JugO-Slavs and Czecho-Slovaks
Also Express Desire to Coop
crate Against Hapsburgs.
SERBIANS EAGER TO AID

ROME, July 12.--"Austria is about
to crumble away" is the opinion of
political and military observers here
after the publication of the latest re-
ports from Albania and the Balkans.
where the Entente Allies have sue
ceeded in perfecting a single front,
extending from the Adriatc Sea to
Salonica. on the Aegean Sea, a dis
tance OF some 200 miles.
Unofficial adviCes to-day reported
the capture of Berat, an important
Austrian supply base in Albania. A
large number of prisoners and vast
quantities of war supplies were seized
by the allied troops in the capture of
the city.
Nayics Aiding In Blow.
British monitors and Italian DESTROY
ers are cooperating with the italian
troops which are penetrating into the
heart OF Albania. These forces are
fanked by French troops north of Kort-
sa while further east the Greek army.
which Is daily growing In efficiency,
threatens the Bulgarian positions
In Albania there are many Serbians
and Montenegr!ns who have expressed
their !mpstience to reenter the struggle
TO reconquer their native countries The
Jugo- -Slavs and Czecho- -Slovai<s there are
said to believe that their compatriots in
the interior OF Austria will be of as
sistance II the allied offensive con-
tinues successful
Report of Italians.
The official statement-of the Rome
War ONCE follows:
Along the front in northern Italy
there has been intermittent artillery
fire. In the Arasa Valley our patrols
destroyed two small enemy posts and
captured few prisoners. An at
tempted enemy attack at Cornone
failed with heavy losses
In Albania our troops are contlnu-
ing the work Of clearing the ground
from which the Austrians were driven
and gathering booty. Three cannon.
eight mountain guns. four trench guns
and two trench mortars have been
found.
OmciaI French Report.
The official statement from the French
i
Albania follows
Near Naramina a detachment of
Bulgarian assault troops which rad
succeeded in gaining momentary
foothold upon Serbian positions we're
Immediately driven out
In Albania our troops continue TO
progress. On the right bank OF the
Devoli River we have occupied the
heights OF Kayani. Upon the left
bank Of the river we have cleared the
whole mountainous region between the
Devoli and the Tomorica. with III. ex-
oeption OF the heights which dominate
the confluence of rose streams, where
the enemy continues his resistance
The total number OF prisoners which
have fallen into our hands Is moro
than 400.
Italians Say Figures Are Correct.
Italian military authorities. in an
swer to a new Austrian denial from
Budapest relative to Italian reports Of
prisoners and guns captured in the Piave
fighting, says a Havas despatch from
stantiated by the fact that they have
submitted full list OF names To the
Red Cross at Geneva under the rules
of war.
The report adds that the number Of
guns captured was greater, instead Of
less than was reported on July 6, hav-
ing been augmented by twenty two guns
taken in the Pave delta the loss of
which has been ignored by the AUS
TRANS.