The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-30
ALLIES CAPTURE
$4,000 ENEMIES
IN GREAT Drive
Sweep Far to East of Piave
River; Cavalry Fights
in Open.
ENEMY ARMY DiSORGANIzED
Foe Is Routed on 4O-Mie Front-Brit.
ish, French and Italians, With the
Yanks in Reserve Sweep
Beyond River.

Rome, Oct 3O.-A1lied troops are re-
ported to be nearly eight miles east
Of the Piave river and still are driving
the disOrganized Austrians before
them. Cavalry and light infantry de-
tachments have forced a crossing of
the MOnticanO river, routed the enemy
rear guards at Vazzola and are head
ed in the direction of the Livenza river
to the east.
Over the 4O-mile front from the re-
gion of Mont Grappa, in the north,
eastward and then south nearly to
POnte di Piave, 20 miles north Of the
sea, Italian, British and French troops
everywhere reported victorious ad-
vance.
Enemy Resistance Weakens.
The resistance of the AuStrians, on
the British front, particularly, appears
to be weakening rapidly. This is indi-
Gated by the fact that British cavalry
is operating in the open, following a
clean break through the enemy lines.
The number of prisoners captured,
1t is officially reported, number 25,OOO,
NOuhICOS NhAAO Au0ly ulO4 "a ASA uSu
on the east bank of the Piave, pending
an opportunity to cross.
Hold East Bank.
On the front OF the attack, the 1tal-
ian official statement says, the allies
are masters Of the east bank Of the
Piave, having broken down the enemy
opposition and driven the Austrians
far enough back to permit of unham-
pered troop movements across the
stream.
At the north end of the attack line
on the Piave italian troops have
stormed Val Dobbiadende, have swept
up and taken the heights of ColfOstO,
overrun the Susegana plain, and taken
the town of that name Conegliana,
five miles northeast of the left bank
of the Piave, has been occupied and
passed in the advance.
French Storm Mount.
North of the Montello the French
took Mont Pionar by storm, while Ital-
Ian troops, north and west, crossed the
Ornic river, and east and west stream,
which flows into the Piave, and drove
the Austrians from Alamo di Piave.
British units far to the west of the
Brenta, raided the enemy trenches op-
posite Asiago and found them unoccu-
pied.
The captures in material have been
heavy, including not only field artil-
lery but cannon of large caliber.
May Turn Entire Line.
So far as official reports show the
attack has not been extended south
of POnte di Piave, but further ad-
vances in the north undoubtedly will
compel the evacuation of the Austrian
defenses clear to the sea.
1t is officially reported that the ex-
tensfve enemy aviation center at Porto
Buffole, on the west bank of the Liv-
enza, is In flames.
This is taken here to mean that the
enemy does not hope to make a stand
west of the Livenza, the next water
way of consequence which offers de
fensive possibilities.
British Take Hundreds.
While the Austrians are fighting
with determination at places, their re
sistance appears to be weakening
They are surrendering more freely and
hundreds are coming to the rear. In
the crossing of the Monticano it is re
ported the British took several hun
dred captives.
The entire center of the allied line
is reported to be advancing rapidly
with lessening enemy resistance. Tt
the north and westward in the Craps
region, where the fighting is more stub
born, the allies also are progressing
although at q slower gait.