The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-11-04

Amsterdam. Nov. At is very posi-
lively reported from Pola, the Austrian
naval base on the Adriatic, that Triest
soon will be occupied by an American
fleet.
On Sunday 1t was reported from
Paris that the Jugo- Slav leaders, after
having seized the Austro- Hungarian
fleet at Fiume. had sent a wireless
message to President Wilson stating
their readiness to hand over the ves-
sells to the United States government
or representatives Of the allied nayies.
Tenth Army Takes 10000.
London. Nov. Alt is officially an
nounced that the Italian Tenth army,
with which British contingents have
| been lighting, has captured more than
/ $4,000 prisoners east OF the Piave.
! Troops Ordered Home. r
I Paris Nov. i.--Thn new Hungarian
isFovernhasMt has efdEseds 5ln soldiers 20
| rotlVn 70 their Homes Md ! Basle
| dispatch today y III
lprossressirsg Rapidly. "a
Rome. Nov The entire italian
front continues to move forward, the
war office announced today.
On the mountain front from Tonalo
to Lake Garda, west of Trent, the Ital-
advancing on Riva and other points
! west Of the Adige.
! Air Force Active.
London, Nov. 4.--The official state
ment on operations east of the Piavc
river issued today at the war office
reads:
The Tenth army on Sunday reached
/ the line of Vilotta, Praturlone, the
| MEDINA river east of Pordenone, st.
| Quirino and Aviano. 1t has contin-
ued its advance.
THE number of prisoners captured
! by this army now is moro than 10000.
| or these more than 1000 have been
! taken by the Fourteenth corps, mount
ed troops. The royal air force has
! pursued its operations along the re-
| treating columns.
The Forty eighth division, operat-
! ing on the Asiago plateau, has cap
tured 470 prisoners and thirteen guns"
Twenty Left of 22o.
Paris, Nov Alt Is unofFicially esti-
mated today that the allies will gain
from 250,000 to 100000 troops from the
collapse Of Austria Hungary
Bohemians and Slavs (anti- German
forces) are already marching up
through Austria.
Austrian troops on the western bat
tie front withdrew homeward as soon
as the armistice negotiations began.
They formed the reserve to the Ger
man armies facing the First and Sec
ond American armies east and west of
the Nteuse river.
The Petit PaFisien says that of the
22O divisions the Germans had on the
western front In the spring only twenty
remain whole.
Fighting on the Italian battle front
. / tn ~
with the armistice which has just
been concluded between Gen. Diaz and
the Austro- Hungarian army command.
The Italian war office states that
the total of prisoners is now well over
100, 600, and that upwards of 1900 guns
were captured. Italian forces have
reached the fortified city OF Trent. in
Trentino, while italian sailors have
been landed at Triest, on the Istrien
/, peninsula.
Control of City Assumed.
Amsterdam, Sunday, Nov. 3.-The
governor, the chief of police and the
other Austrian authorities left Triest
on Thursday after the public welfare
committee, consisting of representa-
tives of the Italian Slovene parties
had assumed the administration of the
city. Vienna dispatch states.
Throughout the day Thursday there
were ltallan and socialist demonStra-
tions in Triest and the imperial es-
cutcheons were removed from all the
public offices.
Americans Cross River.
London, Nov. 4.-More than 10000
prisoners and several hundred guns
have been taken by the 4Sth Br ish
division operating on the Asiago pla-
teau towards the Trentino. it is an
nounced in an official statement '5sued
by the war office today.
On the Venetian plain the forces that
effected a crossing Of the Tagliamento
river included the 332nd American
regiment.
Fight Till Last Hour.
London, Nov. 4.--The Italian army
| will continue it's operations against the
Austro- -Hungarians until 3 o'clock on
the afternoon of Nov. 4, when hostili-
} ties will cease in agreement with the
: armistice, an Italian semi official state-
| ment received here says. ~
TWO OFFICERS CAPTURED
London Nov. 4.-Commander Rafaele
| and y iatitapouf DO orolorf