Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-30
Italians, Supported by Allied
Armies, Driving Enemy Rap
idly Across Northern Plains
to His Own Border,
AMERICANS ON LINE
WAITING TO GET IN
Number Of Prisoners Contin-
ues to Increase and Many
Guns Have Been Added to
Booty Already Taken In.
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ciated Press.)

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ciated Press.)
In the Italian theater over front
of nearly forty miles from the
Brenta to the middle reaches of the
Piave river, the British, French ana
italian armies are developing with
success an offensive against the Aus
tro- -Hungarians and are swiftly driv-
ing them from the mountain passes
toward the Austrian frontier and
across the plains east of the PiaVe
in northern Italy. American reserves
are behind the lines prepared to aid
the allies when the opportune mo-
ment arrives.
On all of the other battle fronts
the allied arms continue to be
served. In Belgium there has been
little fighting except b ythe artillery
wings of the opposing armies, while
in the region around Valenciennes the
engagements between the British and
Germans have savored more of out
post encounters than pitched battles.
In whatever fighting there has been,
however, Field Marshal Haig's men
have retained the upper hand and
taken more prisoners and additional
guns and war stores.
Farther south the French are con-
-tinuing successfully their process of
levellng the old salient between the
territory east of St. Quentin and
Rethel. Additional progress has been
made by General Debeny's troops not
withstandng the violent resistance of
the Germans, who all along the front
are using machineNguns TO retard the
advance of the Frenchmen toward the
important lines of railway communi-
cation to the east. on some sectors
the Germans are slowly retreating,
but nowhere are the French patrols
permitting the enemy to get out of
contact with them.
Big Guns Roar.
Aside from artillery and machine
gun activity there has been little
fighing on that part of the front held
by the Americans from the Meuse
river to the vicinity of Grand Pre-. The
Germans have been heavily bombing
the American positions with shells of
all caliber including gas projectiles
with the Americans answering them
shot for shot. The new bg guns of
the Americans are violently shelling
German positions far behind the lines,
taking under their fire towns of
strategic importance fro mthe stand
point of communications and troop
formations preparing to be sent as
reinforcements to salient points OF
the crumbling battle line.
Contains. lying to the west of Metz,
and the principal junction point of
with the big fortress
on the Mosele and Spincourt and
Dommary- Baroncourt. also important
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particularly heavy fire from the AM
erican guns throughout Tuesday. In
addition American aviators eontin-
ually are lending their aid to the big
guns in the process Of blasting en-
emy positions and troop concentration
points inside the German lines. In the
latest operations by the aviators nine
German machines were sent crashing
down.
Large numbers of prisoners and
numerous guns have been taken by
the allied troops in the big battle that
is in progress on the Italian front.
The allies. particularly the British.
are well across the Piave river from
where the battle line in the noun
tains curves and bends southwark to-
ward the Adriatic The latest British
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opposition of the Austria -Hungarians
appears to be weakening in the face
of the attacks of the British tenth
army which is. successfully driving
northeastward
Reports are to the effect that an
independent state has been formed
in Hungary. There are also reports
that Turkey has made an independ-
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