The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-06-18
Ri0TlNC BREAKING
OUT OVER AUSTRIA
Ss<
Political Tension Between Aus
tria and Hungary Factor
i'm the Strife..
NEW ASSAULT is BEGUN

~ HhtSi SditS DhHC Dam thS
Ny = Enemy in Counter Attacks
n frS Chateau -Thierry.
lhe long awaited Austrian often
xvx6 against the Italians has begun.
Npa the ralian front, for a distance
s, oflffonr 10 to 100 miles. Austrian
Atr5ppss and heavy artillery are en-
/ 4deavoring to, break down the risist-
~ pnce of the italians. who are aided by
: AFbenchS and British forces.
y Nv THE Itarian premier, vittorlo Or
sHxado, announced in, the chamber of
deputiE thSt the Italian troops were
teyer8whSse "resisting magnificent
I vNyfetsive. began in October, 1917,
BNNIrShed back General Cardinals line
= fHdH the Isenzo front and along the
., S99sNtti; Nplasn. More than a million
f3I Sps participated in this
- g Kit was not for many
ss s Italians were able to
Ne. About the mid
IN the piaye battle
%Gerfront in north
g. :, ,.,lch; andt British
rried to reinforce the
80 "A army. The. .crisis was
- tho first OF Dedspber
Since fhat time there hasE$en
~, fighting Rwhich the 3af& ps
Mheir 5a1iies carried out mi NV
\ Assful counter-attackssSs - Y
IN kThere has been insistent cries
Ssfr6M Germany for Austrian action
~ along theMtaian front to co-ordin-
1s atfpyith the German offensive in the
!. y wa&ern zone and for months past the
Ie8fans have preparing for just such
~ &%y as apparently is nov being
ssst4Hk. The Italian army has been
I - - reiftAipped apa Geperal Diaz has
4 T=Sst eeded General cadorna as the
a COZ }kmsnder-n-ch -chiefsM#
S.Rs YFheepresent. battle line. extends
~ fr6m Asiago to the ssa.
- Grave events are reported to be
~ impending in Austria. -aGcortlin q to
\ 7 uneonfrmed advices from Spain and
49, Holland 1t is said that rioting has
~ been going on in Vienna and alters
y haye come to critical stage L
/, Is IFow serious the situatiops has ,be-
iAN come is not as yet known. There
- aFhave been outbreaks ipsyarious parts
=. J of the country, notably in Bohemia
and Moravia and the political ten
.i sion between Austria and Hungary
q has been one OF the features OF the
J. news emanating from the dual mon
- archy' for some time.
~ Checked in their plunge against
:, the French positions from, Montdid-
~ ierJ to the Disc. the Germans have not
resumed their offensive on the west
N ern front. There have been patrol
/. encounters 1T various. points. with
n rt@ allies approving their positions
l. fotabIy in the yillers-Cotterets re-
( glen. southwest OF scissors. ss
The inactivity of the infantry
however, has givens place to heavy
bofhbardments along the front. In
- this work the American forces have
= had part. Angered by gas attack
A. against them by the Germans, the
sAmerieans launched thousands OF
3 Isasvshells against the enemy The
americans or the Marine and Pcardy
~ - fronts have also given the Germans
no restsfrom patrol fncursions.
- Ills believed in Paris and London
{9f. that not many days wa eiapse be,
u fc she Germans begin a sew as
~ ,sainst the allies II. known
~ psn cfpwn Prince Rupprecht, OF Ba-
i arla .shas large reserves which are
!. sornewhere aIe9g the somme and
81 yF7shders. frosIS Opinion is divid-
edsas TO the p0fAt. against which the
tf blow VIII be struck, Paris believing
\ that the cernsahs will continue their
/. " firnst toward the capital either by a
~ s. c6Htihuation Of the ighting west OF
~ theaoise or new assault farther
soudsNoward the Marue,
London, however, believes that the
~ German drives along the Aisne and
I5@ east of Montdidier were for the pur-
pQse>of drawing the allied reserves
sfQS Sthqe ,theatses OF the war and
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