ITALY.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 November 1918, Page 5

ITALY.

' ' ADVANCE CONTINUED. 4PL OBJECTIVES GAINED. INFANTRY WARMLY PRAISED. Received Not. 1, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 31. A British-Italian official message states:—The Tenth Army continued to, advance all dag long. British cavalry, co-operating with Italian cavalry, readied the western outskirts of Sacile. The 14th British Corps reached the Livenza, at Francenigo. The 11th Italian Corps lias occupied Oderzo. We have advanced to practically the entire length nf the objective set by General Diaz in October. The infantry's fury and determination is beyond all praise, despite lack of food and sleep and constant fighting. The 37th Italian Division, with the 7lh and 23rd British Divisions, advanced, without relief, to their final ob-1 jectives. The British, operating on the Asiago plateau, entered Comporoyere and captured the heights of Monte Cano. Th« 10th Army prisonered over 12,000. The British and Italian Air' Force did excellent work, the roads being littered with killed, wounded, ar.d debris as the result of attacks. Eight enemy machines were destroyed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc, and Reuter. 55,000 .PRISONERS CAPTURED. Received Nor. 1, 5.5 p.m. New York, Oct. 31. The Allies hi Italy have captured 55,000 prisoners and 100 guns—Australian Cable Assoc THE AUSTRIAN COMMAND. ANXIOUS TO SURRENDER. Received Nov. 1, 7.45 p.m. Rome, Oct. 31. A semi-official message states that the Austro-Hungarian command is anxious to surrender.—Times. ' PROGRESSING WELL. COMMANDING POSITIONS TAKEN. Received Nov,, 4, 7.45 p.m. Rome, Oet. 31. The offensive on tho Trentino front is progressing well. On the lower Piave the 3rd Army advanced rapidly and reached the Livenza river at Frangrigo. The capture of the Cosen mountain dominates the Piave from the foothills. The Italians also control all the openings of tihe mountain valleys to the Venetian plain. Over a hundred villages have been liberated. The enemy in the Conegliano sector is burning villages and perpetrating general destruction of every kind. The enemy's only line of defence is the Tagliamento. The retreat is becoming disorderly at several points.—Aus, N.Z. Cable Assoc