The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-30
10000 ARE
CAPTURED IN
ADVANCE ON
pave RIVER
Austro-Hungarian Forces
Driven Back Over Scene of
Former Battles = Leave
Munitions in Retreating.
FRENCH ARE NEAR CuISE
(By Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
Results of the victorious ad-
vance against the Austrians on
the Italian front hourly increas-
es in Importance, says an official
dispatch today from Rome: More
than a hundred villages and
towns have been taken. The
battle line is pressing closely
upon the heels of the enemy,
having reached yesterday the
river Livenza, where the Aus
TRANS attempted to stand to
save their threatened principal
lines of retreat.
The Austrian army corps on the left
wing has retired in disorder. leaving
behind war material and several hun
dred guns. The sixth Austrian army
corps is said to be in very critical
condition engaged in heavy defens-
i've fighting on the hills between Val
obbiadene and the Soligio river.
Austro-Hungarfan forces are retir-
ing in the region east of Conegliano.
They are leaving behind them scat
tered along the road toward Vittorio.
many big guns and munition wagons.
General Debeney's first army has
gained new successes in the encircl-
ing of Guise, according to the official
statement at the French war office to-
day.
An Old Battle Ground.
One year ago the Italian armies
were streaming westward from the
Will 70
imminent. Today the Italians, with
with them and with American contin-
gents in reserve, are pouring through
what appears to be a breach in the
Austrian lines east of the Piave river
Valdobbiadene has been captured.
Conegliano has been occupied and
along a line stretching south to the
Trevizo-Oder7o road. the allies are
movig steadily ahead. Prisoners num-
bering over twenty thousand have
b~-- takn- Hurir@ tho fieh'inp
Reports from the Piave front seem
to indicate that. after the first rush of
the allies, the Austrian resistance
| weakened greatly and there are indi-
| cations that along the centre of the
! line the eneyny's defense has been
crushed The sweep of the allies east
ward appears to have gained momen-
tum during the past day and It seems
| probable that the next few days may
see the whole Austrian army fronting
| the Piave, in retreat toward the Tag
liamento.
| Americans Advancing.
| Not only are the Austrian lines
yielding on the Piave front but fur
| ther north and west, the allies are
reported to be advancing. The cap
ture of Conegliano, the key Of the Aus
| trian position, is considered a fatal
| blow to the enemy's plans to hold
north of the line where the allied
| wedge had been driven deep into the
Austrian lines. Bitter fighting has
been going on in the Meuse sector dur
! ing the past day or two. East Of the
| Meuse, the American forces have
| moved ahead once more and have
] wrested important positions from the
Germans. West of the Meuse. the
| Germans have been heavily lombard
| ing the American lines and back areas
with gas and high explosive shells.
American long-range artillery has been
pounding the German supply lines at
| Conflans.
West of Argonne forest, the French
1 nave UGSuu dU GttdCh NulCu StcIAlS
to promise the turning Of the Aisne
line, which is the main obstacle to the
| French advance Immediately west OF
the Argonne in the region of Vouziers.
The new attack was over the front
from QuentinLe-Petit to Herpy, north
Of the Aisne and progress made IN
the first few hours OF the onslaught
indicated that important results are
within reach
On the Oise-Serre front, the French
are slowly tightening their hold on
the lines about Guise, while south OF
that town they are moving ahead in
spite of desperate resistance on the
part of the enemy.
In the neighborhood of Valenciennes
the British are apparently checked for
the moment at least, no significant
progress having been made there dur
ing the past day or two. North OF
Valenciennes. the French, British and
BeIgians have improved their lines.
but do not appear to have succeeded
in breaking through the German defen-
sive lines defending Client.