The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-06

Washington, Oct 31.-1ta!;an
troops reached Ponte Dele Abb.
northeast of the city of Belluno, thus
definitely dividing the Austrian armies
said an official wireless message re
ceived here tonight from Rome.
More than $4,000 prisoners and zoe
guns have been counted.
The Austrians have peen compIeIe-
ly routed east Of the Piave, an earlier
dispatch said, and are with great diff
fculty sustaining the incessant pres
sure of the italian troops in the noun
tain regions in the plain and in the
Alpine foothills Of Venetia. Enemy
masses were described as Streaming
in confusion down the mountain
valley in an attempt to reach passes.
on the Tagliamento.
Prisoners, guns, war material ana
storehouses, scarcely touched, fell into
the hands of the Italians. Czecho-
slovak troops are operating with the
Third Italian army which is pushlns
ahead, overwhelming and capturing
the enemy.
In the Grappa region the italians
renewed the attack oday and capture.
tbe n1ateau of Asiago, the salient OF
Solaro, Mount Spinoncioa and Pras-
saolan, Asolone and Col Caprile and
Col Bonatto.
."The success of our armies is be-
coming more and more stupendous,',
said the dispatch. "The enemy is COM
pletely routed east of the Piave and
the enemy is with great difficulty sus-
tanning the incessant pressure of ou:
troops in the mountain region, in ths
plain and in the Alpine foothills O.
Venetia. Our armies are aiming IL
resistibly toward the detectives which
have been designated.
1.-THE enemy masses are streaming
i'm confusion down the mountain val
leys in an attempt to reach passes
on the Tagliamento. Prisoners, guns,
war material and storehouses, scarce
ly touched, fell into our hands. The
Twelfth Army, after having complete
ly taken possession Of the height OF
Ceseme, is fighting to conquer tbs
pass Of Quero. The Eighth Army haT
conquered the ridge between the val
ley Of the. Follina and the valley o;
the Piave and has occupied the pas
of Serravalie advancing towards the
plain of Consiglio aiming at the plair
of Bordonone. The Tenth Army has
brought its front on the Iivenza-
1.-The Third Army is pushing ahead
! overwhelming and capturing the en-
emy, who offers a bitter resistance
Czecho-Slovak troops are participating
in the action.
I'm the Grappa region our troops
renewed their attack and this morn
ing succeeded in conquering Col Ca
| prile, Col Donnato, Asolone, Mount
Prassaolan, the salient of Solaro
Mount Spinoncia and the plateau o
| Asiago.
I'm spite of bad weather condi-
tons, our aviators succeeded in brinS
ing down two enemy airplanes an6
one observation balloon.
'"The number of prisoners captured
is over $4,000 and of the guns cap
tured over 800 were counted"
Italian Army Headquarters, We'd
nesday, Oct. 80, s P. NJ. (By the AS
sociated Press) ).-In answer to Aus
tria's announcement that she wa:
ready to evacuate Italian territory
I,aly has Officially replied that the Of
fer has come too late. It is assumed
the italians will endeavor to drive the
Austro- -Hungarians from Italian soil
before an arn1istice can be signed.
General DiaZ, the Italian com
mander, has issued the following bul
letin to his troops:
Soldiers, forward! In Italy's name
we will place the wreath Of victory on
the tomb of our glorious dead. For
ward. Our immortal country calls!:
Allied troops advancing from tilt