Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-09
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German trains could go only as far as
Schnadau. At the same time I'LL com
| municatiOn was severed between
! Agram and Fiume and Budapest and
Vienna. and the great seaport Ct Fiulnc
was handed over to the Croatian ma
| tional council.
1t was no wonder that COunt An
Grassy, the Austro-Hungarian foreign
| minister, was insiStent on an armiS-
| tice, for the armies of Emperor
Charles were having Il very bad time
! of it. The italian front, comparative
| ly quiet for many weeks, blazed out in
great attack by the allies. and with
in Il week the Austrians had been
| driven back all the way between tile,
| Rrenta and ZenSOn bend. The Ital-
ianS began the offensive and We're
| speedily aided by the British. French
| and American contingentS. The cross
ing of the Iiave by these enormous
forces WAS said to be wonderful
sight. Sweeping irresistibly north
| and east of the river. they drove ii
great wedge into the enemy'S lines
that speedily gave them possession of
the big Austrian base of VittOria.
Then the action became general along
the entire line. The British on the left
wing entered Asiago. and in the CEN
ter reached the Livenza river, and the
Italians occupied the city of Oderz".
Below the ZenSon bend the Italians
forced crossing of the Pave and
made swift progress on the plains that
border the Gulf of Venice. Most start
ling of all was the news that between
the Pave and the Brenta the allies
had trapped Is Austrian divisions
10000 men-by capturing the noun
tain pass of Nadal. At the time of
writing the fate of these divisions was
unknown. Already the allies had
| taken about $4,000 prisoners and great
stores of material. The announcement
from Vienna. that Austria-Hungary
was withdrawing her troops from Italy
because Of her desire for peace. sound
ed rather ridiculous. On Thursday the
Austrian commander asked General
Diaz for an armistice.
The week was almost as disastrous
Montenegro. They were driven head
long nOrthWard and before the end of
the week the allies were on the Dan
ube opposite Hungarian territory and
had nearly reached their own city Of
Belgrade. In Montenegro JugO-Slav
units operated with the allies with
marked success. Budapest was re-
ported to he alarmed by the Sugges-
ton that the Jugo-Slav would cross
the CrOatian frontier and attack that
city in conjunction with the allies.
~
The breaking up of his empire and
the numerous and serious riots in
Vienna and elsewhere are said to have
so frightened Emperor Charles that he
has taken refuge in one of his castles
far from the capital and sent his chill
dren to another stronghold. PreSuma-
bly, he will still be permitted to remain
the ruler of Austria. for he is not per-
Sonally unpopular but what the future
has in store for him and his dynasty
is uncertain.
a.
Ry desperate fighting the Germans
last week slowed up the advance OF
the allies i'll Belgium and France. but
it cost them dear in casualties. for
Foch's artillery did tremendous exc
cution. In their resistance the Huns
were aided by the fact that the allies
needed time to establish their con-
munications between their bases and
their advanced lines. Moreover, they
did not give the enemy any real rest.
but kept hammering at him persistent
IL. making valuable if not extensive
gains. The best of these were in the
region of Valenciennes, where the
British reached the borders Of Normal
forest: in the Oise-Serre sector, where
the French forced the enemy back tc
the gates Of G,ise despite violent re-
sistance: and on the Champagne front
and the Mouse valley. In the latter
region the Americans fought all week
| long without let-up, the Second army
going into action in the WOevre. After
long and continuous fighting, the Yam
KEGS gained complete control of the
Bots Rclleu east of the Mouse and
held it against powerful counter-at-
tacks. West of the river there were
lively actions north Of Grand Pre-.
The artillery of both Germans and
Americans was especially active all
week. The Yankees displayed a
marked superiority in this arm, and
their heavier guns, said to be 15-inch
naval guns on mobile mountings,
shellcd Longuyon and other Hun bases
with decided effect.
alone there were thirty-tllree attacks