The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-12
.PO|LlS TAKE THE CREST Of KOSN|TzA
AND OCCUPY ALL THE VILLAGES IN THE
TOMOR|CA VALLEY AND ABOVE D0BRENl
Enemy's Falling Back Assumes Nature
of A Rout AS They Near the "New
Defence Line "---European Capitals
Are Looking For Huge German
Thrust "Tomorrow---S urely Day
After Tomorrow"

Far from being flash IN the pan, the Franco-ltal
drive in Albania hourly growing scope and military I'M
portance The Ausrans still rubbing their eyes it were
from the rude awakening they received few days ago after
many months of verabe rest in this almost forgotten
theater of in full retreat wide front both
sides of Bera the clever enlightenment of which, by the French
and Italian forces formed the beginning of the offensive
Both Rome and Paris able tonight fresh
The French took the of Kosnza and occupied
all the villages in the Tomorca valley above Dobreny while
Italians captured the heights of Gaia Fumaka with
$50 prisoners The Austrian retreat assuming the nature Of
rout. The Vienna office admits the withdrawal to
defense line phrase which usually covers multitude of
spoken admissions
The headlong advance of the allies the
eien Roman road via Egnaa which stretches from the
Durazzo (nex Avlona the important Albanian por
eastward across the billy country ochrda most of the
important city of Elbassan form the new defense line
which the Aurians falling back There they will be
fighting with their backs to the wall for this line taken
formidable allied thanking thrust eastward to the region north
of Monasr which would bring about caven of the entire
Austro- Bugaro German Macedonian front
Military experts in London and Paris continue to warn
against expecting too much in military way from this AL
bantam drive but they that the possibilities both in mill
ary political respects are promising Indications are in
deed that the French and Italians surprised themselves in the
against Bea that they defense
and resistance unbeevabv weak and proceededand are still
proceeding exploit their initial to the fullest posi-
BILE advantage Meanwhile it certain that the Austrans
will have to send considerable the Albanian
inevitably be call for help Bulgaria Germany for
has long since been sick and tired the whole
ness the latter has just turned down the Austrian request
help in Italy Thus while the whole Albanian
still of local nature presents possibilities that may shortly
give the whole and surprising turn. Nj.
In the meantime the west front continues be- for the
present and likely for the remainder of the summer THE vital
front In the entente capitals German offensive looked
for moentry Moreover the political crisis precpitaed by
the dismissal of Foreign Minister Kuehmann once moro
confronts the German mas with the necessity to prove
their strength by victories That there considerable
at home is shown by Hndenburgs letter to Gen.
eral Roehr, in which he makes bid for time
There successful French and British local
operations sectors of the durnr the
last thirty hours but action major nature recorded
Again phase has set in where experts agree the
ton of the titanic battle must day
after tomorrow and If not then certainly the following day