Arizona republican., 1918-11-03
Battle Summary
(Bv the Associated Press)

Over the plains of Venetia and into the mountain valleys of the Trentino, the Italian and allied pursuit of the demoraliZed Austro- Hungarian goes on unabated. In France the German de- lenses are shaking under the assaults of the British, French and Americans. West of the Mouse the enemy is re- tiring before the Americans.
 Austrian emissaries have been given the armistice terms of the allies and 1 have returned to their own lines, where l the Austrian command has them under 1 consideration. Meanwhile, an Italian naval contingent has raided the great 1 base of Pola, while allied warships are on their way to Triest, to take com
 mand of a situation made serious by fleeing Austrian soldiers.
 l The allied ministers and delegates continue their deliberations over the | German armistice terms.
 | From west of Asiago to the Piave the Italians are pressing into the ini- 1 portant valley leading to Trent, and are well beyond the old Austrian frontier northeast of Asiago. West of the 1 Brenta, the Italians have forced their
 way into the Nos valley leading to-
 ward Grigno, while further east they
 have penetrated into the important |
 the Austrians retreating from the Ital-
 ian mountain zone. In the Belluno
 area the Italians have crossed the
 Piave near Busche and northeas.. ot
 Belluno are pushing up the Cordevole
 valley toward Longarone. On the Ve-
 netian plains, Italian cavalry has
 crossed the Cellina- Medina river, six
 miles east of the Tagliamento, and are
 racing to reach the crossings Of that
 river. In their advance the cavalry
 overcome strong Austria resist
 ance in the region of Pordenone
 and northward. Further south the
 third army continues its pressure on the front immediately north of the Adriatic. More than S0,000 Austrian prisoners and more than 1,6oc guns
 already have been counted by the F armies under General Diaz.
 Marshal Foch continues to smash the German defenses on vital sectors
 of the western front. On the north , Valenciennes has been taken by the , Canadians and the bitterly contested f town is now behind the British, ad-
 vancing toward the Franco Belgian
 border. North of Valenciennes the f British have Tournai within theiI , grasp, while to the south the German l position at Le Quesnoy is most serious ? The capture of Nalenciennes and the
 strong positions around it, military
 observers have pointed out probably I will compel the Germans to carry out l a withdrawal movement On a large
 scale north and south. The line of tht
 Scheldt has been turned by the sue = cess around Valenciennes, and Mau : beuge, and Mons are threatened b! . the outflanking of the natural barrie
 of the Normal forest. In Belgium th'
 British French and Americans con = tinue the operations looking to the out n flanking of Ghent
 = West of the Mouse the American e first army and the French fourth arm.
 are following up the successes of Fri
 day German resistance before tn D Americans collapsed Saturday after o noon, and the Americans reached
 Posse, an advance of more than fou a miles from the positions Friday night
 The enemy now is behind the Trey; . position and the Americans are press
 ing them hard. In front of the F'rencl e the Germans apparently are retirin
 from the salient of the Boulst forest. y November 5 is the first anniversar
 of the clash between American an