Arizona republican., 1918-01-02
ANOTHER REVERSE FOR ARMS OF THE TEUT0NS IN ITALY IS EFFECTED BY THE FRENCH
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allied arms following that effected by the French troops in their initial drive in the northern front in Italy, has been brought about by the Italians in a sharp attack in the famous Benson loop on the lower reaches of the Piave river.
 Here the enemy has been driven to the eastern bank of the stream from positions he had held since the Italians in their retrograde movement from the Isonzo made their stand along the we--e ern shore of the Piave. Thus the entire right bank of the Piave has been cleared of the invaders. except far to the north, where the battle line runs westward from the stream through the hill region.
 The fighting for the Benson bridge had been in progress since last Thurs day, the Italians keeping energetically after the foe in order to regain the position, which always has been con sidered menace to Venice. Heavy casualties were inflicted on the enemy by the artillery and rifle fire of the Italians before he was forced to re- cross the stream.
 On the northern front the infantry again is idle for the moment but the big guns on both sides are keeping up
  principally around Monte Tomba and on the Asiago plateau. The enemy is continuing his air raids over impor- tant towns on the plain, his latest at tack having been directed against i Nicenza, Bassano. Castelfranco and Treviso. Thirteen persons were killed and forty-four others wounded, the majority of them civilians Only small material damage resulted from the new raids.
 Likewise the operations on the fronts i in France and Belgium are being con- | fined almost exclusively to lombard i ments although the German war office claims further gain of ground by the army of Crown Prince Rupprecht of ! Bavaria over the British south of Marcoing in the Cambrai sector. There are persistent reports that 1 heavy fighting is in progress between | kaledines' Cossacks and Bolsheyiki troops i'll southwestern Russia and that the casualties have been heavy. No details of an authentic nature have yet come through but the reports say the Bolsheviki have been defeated on the southwestern front with numerous losses of men and guns, but they have occupied the important town of Pol tava
 Still further progress has been made by the British troops operating against the Turks in Palestine north of Jerusalem. The Turks in the fighting of the last several days have lost more than 1000 men killed and 75O made prisoners.
 LONDON, Jan. 1.-The following of ficial communication dealing with op- eIatlons of the British forces on the Italian front was issued tonight:
 The British commander in- chief in Italy reports that the Italians at the end of the year remain in possession
 of their defensive lines on the Monte
 Grappa and Asiago sectors, which they
 have worked untiringIy to strengthen
 Little snow has fallen. The success of
 the French yesterday in the Monte
 Tomba region has given much satis
 faction.
 some small raids have been suc- cessfully made across the Piave rivel
 by the British. The crossing of tn.
 river Is difficult at this season of the year. British artillery and aircraf , continue their efforts daily to destro,
 the enemy's batteries. Tn retaliation tor December ae when they lost clever. machines. tn, , enemy aircraft has been very activ, . lately in bombing raids. The dam age thus inflicted has been slight. All the allied troops are confiden . Of future success of their united ef , forts and look forward to the nev year"
 = The following official communica r ton dealing with aviation was is sued this evening:
 F Very little flying was possibl
 Monday owing to the mist Durin = the night, although the improvement
 was only slight, our airplanes drop
 pee over hundred bombs on hostil
 billets in the neighborhood of Rouler
 ard Menin. Several direct hits wer
 obtained. A moving train was bombe l and hit
 All of our machines returned" The report from Field Marsha Haig's headquarters tonight says: An attempted enemy raid earl
 this morning under cover of a heav
 bombardment against one of oJ
 posts northeast of Loos was success u fully repulsed. There was hosti .s artillery activity during the day i 0 the neighborhood of La Vacqueri ,- south of Lens. northeast of Armer )f tieres and east of Ypres.
 During December we captured n total of l,0lS German prisoners, il Iy cluding 12 officers. four guns, thr, l. trench mortars and 103 machir :" guns"
 of A dispatch from the Exchan.
 Telegraph from Petrograd says the B. is an unconfirmed report that Liel J. tenant General L. G. Korniloff, form a commadner-i.-c chief of the Russia 's armies. is dead
 D.
 re Battle Is Resumed