The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-01
In Pursuit Of Enemy.

In Pursuit Of Enemy.
East of the Piave all the allied arm
les are marching rapidly toward the
Tag,iamento in pursuit OF the Aus
trians. The Livenza river, nfteen
miles east of the Piave and eighteen
miles from the Tagliamento. has been
reached and crossed. while to the
south along the lowlands north OF the
Adriatic the Italian third army con-
tinues to move ahead.
The formidable enemy defense pas
ton around Monte Grape has oeen
broken by the allies and the Austrians
are retiring hurridly from the region
between the Brenta and the flaVe'
Northeast Of Monte Grape the ltai-
ians have forced their way through the
Ouero gorge and are moving up tne
Piave valley toward Belluno rurtner
enlarging the wedge between the Aus
trian armies in Venita and those In
the mountains.
New GaIns In Flanders.
East of Tournai, in Flanders, British
and French forces have torn asunder
the German lines and have advanced
on a wide front toward the Scneldt.
This movement threatens to outfiank
the German troops holding the canal
from Eecloo to Zeebrugge. running to
the northwestward of Ghent IL the
advance continues, the Germans may
soon be compelled to abandon their
positions north of Ghent to the Dutch
frontier.
On the st. Fergux plateau, north OF
the Aise and northwest OF Rethel, the
French have again advanced and the
danger to the German line running on
to the eastward Is increased
East OF the Argonne forest, General
Pershing's American troops have ad'
yancsd north of Grand Pre- and have
established themselves In the southern
part Of Loges wood. Along this front
a heavy artillery duel Is now being
fought.
On the western front from the
Dutch border to Switzerland the allies
maintain their pressure, but except for
the new British thrust near Valencien'
nes, fighting activity is confined to
artillery duels Of varying intensity
The German line south Of Valencien.
mes is the important sector between
Ghent and the Meuse. and its collapse
might compel a German retirement on
a large scale.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1.-Official
Rome dispatches today describing the
victorious sweep of the Italian and al
lied armies that is demolishing the
Austrians says the lines are moving
forward in such great leaps that 1t Is
no longer possible to identify towns
retaken or to count the prisoners and
guns captured, or Italians liberated
T<a1i
enemy to work on defenses IN occu'
pied territory already have peeh re-
leased. -
With the Austrians everywhere In
flight and the Italian army on two
wings about to unite, 1t Is said to De
impossible to foresee where the rev
enemy divisions that escape will stop
running.
MAY RETIRE FROM MEUsE
WITH THE AMERICAN ARM y
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN. NOV.
There have been many fnolcauona
IN the last few days that the Germans
intend to retire as slowly and stratesi.
cally as possible from their present
nositions, especially west OF the Meuse
and possibly withdraw entirely from
Metz will continue to be the plvot OF
this retiring movement, because OF lts
strategic importance.
Much evidence OF this lntentlon on
the part of the enemy Is especially
racognizable on the front OF the Amer
team second army In the Woevre. De,
serters from the German INES ano
nrisoners corroborate this Information
and say that the German command rs
salying every bit OF war matellai "a
the region and Transporting hgEt anu