The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-30

1 the first army, General PerSh1ng re-
ported today. Five of the American
planes failed to return. Aside from
steady artillery fire west OF the
Mouse, the day was marked with lit
tie activity.
ION the verdun front. there has
ibeen steady artillery and machine
gun fire today west Of the Mouse. es-
tpecially in the region north of Juvln,
| Pershings comunique said.
with more favorable weather con-
ditions there has been increased ae1-
| fal activity on the front of the first
army throughout the day. Our pursuit
planes engaged the enemy in numer-
GUS combats, in the course Of which
eighteen were shot down. Five OF our
machines did not return. Our aviators
also carried out important reconnats-
lsance and Photographic missions.
Artillery and machine gun fire con-
tinued during the night on the front
of the first army north Of Verdun
reaching particular intensity In the
regions Of Bots Belleau and the Bois
Du Ormon.
"On the remainder Of the front
there is nothing of Importance to re-
port"
French Troops Advance.
PARTS, Oct. 30-French troops
made additional advances between
the Disc and the Serre last night, the
war office announced today.
North Of Guise our troops made
progress along the east bank of the
Disc and took Beaumont (BeauforD
farm west of Les Quielle." said the
communique.
''On the right bank Of the Peron we
made new advance east OF Monceau-
Le-Neuf and took some prisoners.
I'm Lorraine, two enemy raids were
unsuccessful The night was calm else
where"
over 100 Villages Liberated.
[By Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Correspondent
WITH THE ITALIAN ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, Oct. 30.-The allied ad-
vance continues on the whole fifty
mile front from the Brenta to the
Treviso- Oderzo railway. Progress is
greatly accentuated ON the right
flank, north of Treviso.
American troops. comprising Ohio
units, have crossed the Piave and are
ready to take up the advance with
their Italian and British comrades.
more LnGu q uuuuISu SliIdSeS dlu
communities east OF the piave have
been liberated The Italians occupied
Conegiano, an important railway
and communication center fifteen
miles north of Treviso yesterday. At
Q ~. bicycle corps entered the city.
Airplanes signalled their arrival and
a Rome brigade completed the occu-
patton.
The Tenth army is advancing rapid
ly eastward employing many aban-
doned Austrian batteries to shell the
retreating enemy.
The italian Twelfth army scramb-
ling over the mountains northeast OF
valdobbiadene, has passed Refron-
tele. seven miles southwest of Vittorio
which is the base of tho Austrians'
whole system of communications from
The Venetian plains from the north.
! King Victor Emanuel crossed the
Piave with a regiment of Bersaglieri.
He was greeted with cheers. A large
contingent Of Austrian prisoners
coming up, also cheered him.
The constant surge of italian and
British troops across the Piavc is
one of the most spectacular feats Of
the war The Austrian artillery is
making incessant efforts to destroy
the ever-increasing number of bridges.
| Many Of the largest calibre shells
/ strike in the middle of the rushing
current, exploding on the rocky bed
! and sending great columns of water
| hundreds of feet toward the sky. A
stretch of fifty kilometers tthirty
miles) resembles a vast field Of gey-
sers.
| When several thousand Austrian
/ prisoners reached an island in mid
stream the enemy artillery cut the
bridge, leaving the prisoners under a
/ terrific bombardment which was kept
up for hours in an effort. to prevent
the Italians from rebuilding the
/ bridge. The prisoners suffered heavy
casualties.
! More than $4,000 prisoners have
been officially enumerated and there
/ are believed to be thousands more
which have not yet been brought
across the river and counted.