The sun., 1918-11-03
OHIO MEN IN DRIVE
AGAINST AUSTRIANS
Allies Take 1000 Captives in
Pursuit of Foe to Taglia-
mento. River.
REDEEM 1000 SO. MILES
Enemy Fires Dum-dum Bull
lets at Observation-Disclosures
Try Flank Movement.
REDEEM 1000 SO. MILES

PARIS. Nov. 2.-Austro Hungarian
forces in the mountain section Of Italy,
reoling under the impact of the ltal-
ians, are now in positions officially de-
scribed by the Vienna War ONCE as
those held by our troops at the be-
ginning of the Italian war" The same
statement adds that a general retreat
across the Venetian plain Is In progress
and that the evacuation of all Serbian
territory il Imminent
East of the Pave River the Italians
under Gen. Diaz. aided by British and
American detachments. the latter being
Ohio troops under Gen. Treat, are closely
following the Austrians as they retreat
toward the Tagliamento. Along the
whole of the front the Teutonlc forces
are in flight with the victorious Allies
pressing them closely.
North of Belluna the Italians are
fighting their way toward the Carnc
Alps: this movement threatening to out
flank the fleeing Austrians on the Vene-
tan plains. The Italian Third Army.
operating north OF the Adriatic, are
driving the enemy before them in rout.
Italian naval forces are participating
in the offensive against the Austrisns.
bombarding them from the sea. Rome
announces, In this connection, that the
Austrian dreadnaught Veribus Units
has been destroyed by the Italian naval
vessels.
The italian Fourth Army crossed the
Austrian frontier, advancing northward
in the Trentino as far as the Susana VAL
ley. In the mountains east OF the Brenta
River and on the Asiago Plateau the
Austrians continued TO retreat under
Italian pressure. The heights Of Monte
Cimone and Monte Lisser have been
carried by the victorious Italians. Eighty
thousand prisoners and 1000 guns have
been captured since the offensive began,
and more than 1000 square miles Of
Italian territory liberated.
Give Way Under Smashing BLOWS.
The destruction OF the Austrian
armies continues apace along a front Of
1876 miles. says the Associated Press
correspondent writing from the front.
On every sector of the long front the
enemy is giving way before the smash
ing blows Of the Allies.
When the Fadalto Pass was taken the
way was opened to Belluno and the
Austrian armies were separated. Sim
ultaneously the Fourth Italian Army re-
newed its fierce attack in the Monta
Grappa region so as to hold there the
nine divisions and reserves between
Feltre and Fonzaso, endangering both
points. The Quero-Feltre Pass was cap
tured and the enemy is falling back, not
attempting to defend himself.
In the Trentino the Austrians are
seeking safety through the valleys Of
the heavy mountainous region around
Trent. East Of the Piave the Austrians
are retiring precipitately toward the
Tagliamento. especially hard pressed by
the Duke of Aosta's army on the south.
The 332d American Regiment, which is
operating with the Thirty-first Italian
Division of the Tenth Army, tonight
was crossing the Livenza River in the
direction OF Tlezzo. The Americans. who
were commanded by Col w. NJ. Wallace
passed through Rover5asso. southwest OF
Sacile, this afternoon.
During their advance the Americans
had been fired upon by Austrian machine
guns using dunn dun bullets Major
Somerville of Seattle has forwarded q
number Of bullets to the headquarte
of the American Military Mission. The
bullets were manufactured two years
ago and each cartridge has a steel Jacket
containing four square slugs.
The Americans are in good health
American General Sees King.
Gen. Treat, the American commander
in Italy, to-day presented to King Vic.
tor Emmanuel a congra tulatory message
on the Italian victory from Ambassador
Page.
The Joy of the Inhabitants OF the lib
Grated territory is extravagant. 1t Is
said that they picked UP bulletins scat
tered broadcast hs airplanes instructing
the struggling troops of the Tenth Army
TO continue the advance. and remained
up all night reading and rereading the
little sheets and waiting for the first
signs of the approaching allied troops.
In Padua and Verona the street cars
are covered with banners of allied col.
ors. There are demonstrations of JOY
in st. Marks Place in Venice and sing.
ing Is heard along the canals of that
historic city for the first time in two
years as on train, highways and electric
cars the refugees flow back to Venice
and the other cities along the front.
Military roads across the Pave are
thronged with people arriving from all
points of Italy TO repossess their homes
Mayors OF cities on the Venetian Plain
are returning. The correspondent met
an officer at San Dona d Piave who
had not been home for three years. He
found the trees cut down and the walls
Of the dwelling destroyed to within
three feet of the ground. Yet he said:
"It has been worth while, Just the
same. ] am sure l couldn't suffer more
for my country"
Hard to Restrain Italians.
The victorious advance has put such
fire into the blood of the italian soldiers
that their superior officers must re-
strain them from rushing into danger
unnecessarily.
The road to UdIne Is in itself bat
tlefield The double row OF high pop
lars along the road has beSn cut to
the ground by the Austrans, Bridges
have been destroyed and trenches dug
across the road to hinder the Italian
advance. Heaps of wreckage and the
debris OF war are scattered along the
road In indescribable confusion. At in
tervals along the roads there are long
,:Hcs of carts filled with furniture
clothes and other valuables which the
Austrians had removed from occupied
villages but which they had been forced
70 abandon.
The Italian soldiers advancing east
ward are the same men who last No
Ncmber fought a desperate rear guard
action from the Isonzo line westward
Htl they finally stopped the enemy Of
fenSive on the Plave These troops now
have over thirty-five miles OF liberated
land behind them and every mile Is
ttrcwn with evidences of the desperate