The Routed Austrians.
HEADING RJB7TREAT. - OVER 50,000 PRISONERS. Received this diay, 9.35 a.m. . London, November 1. An Italian official message says: Our success is asmijning great proportions. The routed enemy is recreating eastward! of the Piave andi is hardily abfe to withstand our close pressure. On the mountain front hostile maesap are thronging the mountain valleys or attempting to reach the crossings of the Tagtiamente. Prisoners, guns and material depots almost intact are falling into our hands. We (have completed the. capture of Ceeen Massif and fighting is proceeding for the possession of the Gorge Quero. Elsewhere we captured! the spur betiiween the Follina basin and the Piave Valley and occupied Serravalle, advancing towards the high plafin of Oonsiglio. Tihe Tentih Army has reached the T/i----venaa. 'We resumed the attaclk in the Grappa region and carried the 00l the OoJ Bonata and the Asolone-Prasro. lan-Oolorolo salient and Monte S'pin- , ontf.a,. . Our prisoners exceed 50,000 and over | 300 guns have been taken. ! A Britisli-Ilbeilian official states: We occupied (SacSle. The Tentihi Army has reached tihe line of the Livenza from Sacile a* far as southward of Brugnert. The Third Army is advancing rapidjy southward of the Oderzo-Porto Gruairo railway. The Fourth Army captured many * important tactical portions in the Grappa, sector where the enemy is falliing back. The Tenth Army'B prisoners total over 13,000.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 2 November 1918, Page 3
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223The Routed Austrians. Levin Daily Chronicle, 2 November 1918, Page 3
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