THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 34, 4 November 1918, Page 5

THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

London, November 1. j An Italian official message states :-"Our success is assuming great propor- ;. tions. The routed enemy is retreating east of the Piave, and is hardly able to | withstand our close pressure on the mountain front. Hostile mussesl are throng- ; inc the mountain valleys or attempting <» reach the crossings of the Tagliamcnto. ! Prisoners, guns, and miilerial and depots almost intact are falling into our i hands. We completed tho capture of the Cosen massif. Lighting \s. proceeding •.; for the possession of the gorge at Quel*. Elsewhere we captured the 'spur be- : tween the Follina Basin and the Piave Volley, and occupied >Serravallc. We | are advancing towards the high plain of Consigho. The Tenth Army has : , reached the Livenza. We resumed tho attack in the Grappa region, and carried , Col Caprile, Col Bonato, Jsolome, Prassolan, the Solarols salient, and Monte bpin- | oncia. Tho prisoners exceed fifty thousand, and over threo hundred guns have • j been takeu. I A later report states •.-"Under the impetus, of the Fourth Army, on the I Grappa front, tho enemy's front has collapsed. ■ Prisoners are descending from . the mountains in flooks, and all tho enemy's artillery hero has. been captured, j The Twelfth Army is advancing in the Piave Valley; and.tho Eighth Army is j descending the Piavo Valley towards Belluna. Our advance guards have enter- : ed Moth di Livouza and Torre di Mosto. Captures of prisoners, guns, and booty j are announced everywhere."—Aus.-N.Z. Ctiblo Assn.-Eeuter. •- ■ i .•■■'' j (Rec. November. 3, 5.5 p.m.) ' | London, November 2. j An Italian official report states:-"The battle continues, and is expanding. •• The enemy i maintains intact his resistance from St. Elvio to the Astico. Ha ( vacillates oh the Asiago Plateau, and is in full retreat on the remainder of his • | front. Our troops are in enthusiastic pursuit, and are intensely shelling tne ■ enemy Our cavalry divisions have re-established tho crossings on tho livenza ' ] River,'and are marching towards Tagliamcnto. The Sixth Army , its adversary on the whole of its front. At tho end of Hie Brenia Valley .we ■, occupied Foltro, our right columns brilliantly encircling Fadalto. Our marines . have reached Caorle. The total of prisoners is continually increasing. Over ; seven hundred guns have been taken, and the valuo of the booty is estimated at , milliards."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Eeuter. ■■ ; London, November 2. i Ail Italian official report states t-"On the Asiago Plateau tho Italian Sixffi. j Army, with two Allied divisions, took possession on. November lof the fonwd; , able positions of Monte Moscagni, Monte Longara, Monte Baldola, Meleta dt j Gallic the Sasso Eosso, Monte Spitz, and Lanibara. We took over three thou- , sand prisoners, and captured 232 guns. The enemy's resistance w the defile has / ; been overcome. We have entered Belluno. The Third Cavalry Bngade h&s | reached the plains northward of Pordenone."-Aus.-N.Z. Cable A6sn..Reutor. \ (Rec. November 3,11.5 p.m.) , ■ j London, November 2. ' ! An Italian official report states:—"Eastward of >the Brenta the pursuit of j the enemy continues. On the Asiago Plateau we hove crossed the Aesa between. \ Rotzo Roana and captured Monte Cione and Monte Lisser, and are advancing in the Nos Valley. The Fourth. Army has ocoupied the heights northward of j Fonzas Hollow, and have advanced in the Sugana Valley,, pressing on tho old -j frontier. On Friday evening the Alpini orossed the.Piave, and spread cut in. : the area between Feltre and San Giustina. The Eighth Army is advanciag towards Longarone. Our cavalry occupied Porderons and passed Celhan and ! Meduna. The Thiid and Tenth Armies continue to advance to tho eastward, j So far sixteen hundred guns and eighty thousand prisoners have been connted. | We have liberated from captivity several thousand Italian soldiers. —Aus.-N.Z, j Cable Assn.-Eeuter. ■ ~ . . ■! I /■■••'■ ■ 1 AUSTRIAN DREADNOUGHT SUNK j RAID OP MOSQUITO GRAFT | ■' ' \ (Eec. November 3, 11.5 p.m.) j London, November 2. The Central New 6 Agenoy correspondent telegraphs that an. Italiaa report | states that mosquito craft entered Pola and sank the Austrian Dreadnought Vmbaa Unitus.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ; . - [The Viribus TJnitis is one of tho enemy s biggest warships, 20.0(H) tons, conw ; > pleted in 1913 at a oost of 2J millions sterling. . Her mam armament is mnohl j guns, and her complement 1000 of all ranks.] , ■■■■i