THE ITALIAN VICTORY.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16358, 1 November 1918, Page 7

THE ITALIAN VICTORY.

til AUSTRIAN DISINTEGRATION CONTINUES"

REPUBLIC PROSLAIMED IN BOHEMIA. t)

T1 KAISER REPORTED READY TO ABDICATE. ;

1.1 fi FIFTH YEAR—93rd DAY. 6

ITALIAN THEATRE. I

A RAPID ADVANCE. (By Cable.—Press Association.— Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, October 30. Latest telegrams from Italian Headquarters state that the. Tenth. Aimy is advancing rapidly, and is mrcady using a lar<*e> number of abandoned Austrian, battories. The advance renders *no Austrian position to the southward perilous, as the heavy inundations of the entire low-lying region along the coast allow only the narrowest eventual retreat Over one hundred villages cast of tho Piave already havo been liberated. The advance continues on a sixty-kilometre front. RETREAT THREATENS TO BECOME A ROUT. (Australian and loTcaV.e A«ociati°«.) J NEW YORK, October 30. Tliirty-two thousand have been captured on the Piavo front. Tho enemy retreat in threatening to ae?omo J a rout. j CROSSING THE PI AVE. I A GREAT~FEAT. j (Australian and N.Z. Cable Aviation.) I ROME, October 30. | The crossing of the Piave was a errat feat. The river wr>s swollen and tne current ran violently. Rain fe Tents. The stream was one hunarea yards wide. The first . storm troops crossed bv boats, to assist m the consliuction of bridkes. These were.bu.lt five times, and every time were ed by artillery. The 6ixth effort C(? Tho' English and Italians, after occupying tho islands of the P ia^ s > "ear §?ave di Papadopoli. waded the river with great Airy and continuing the charge, cleared the first lino or the enemy. On tho other bank tho ltn|ans right wing waded breast-deep under a lieaw fire, bearing macluno-gvins and grenades. Despite the sternest defence, the Bersaglieri, rallying to bugle calls, swept all before them. ITALIAN OFFICIAL REPORTS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, October 30. An Italian communique estates Our Eighth and Twelfth Armies attacked the enemy front ally, while tho Tenth Army threatened his flank. The enemy lias abandoned positiona on tne heights of tho left bank of the P» a JL?, : and is retreating, hard pressed. \Ve liberated numerous villages, and our , parties closely followed up the. enemy, who blew up bridges on the Monticano. "We entered Conegliar.". to tho ' northward. On the right of tne'Piave ' we co-operated with troops on tho letb ' bank, and after a lively and brilliant, 1 struggle passed "beyond tne a Calciijo ' torrent. Bitter fighting continues in 1 the region of Mount Grappa. We have ! captured 10"X) prisoners and over ton * puns, of which many are already in ac- " tion against the enemy. (Renter's Telegrams.) > LONDON. October 31. An Italian official message states:— ] Between the Brcnta and the sea s three-quarters of the Italian Army are - engaged in conjunction with the Fourteenth British Army Corps. b The French Division and the Amen--5 can Infantry Regiment eastward of the 1 Piave are yielding under formidable pressure. "Wo gained advantages yesterday u the region of Mount Pertica and the Col dell Orso. Our aperations asthide ° the Piave resulted in the capture ol " Sogusino Monteosin. We have reachet 1 the outskirts of Quero. Aur Eighth I Army has reached Vittorio, and is now e fisliung northward of Oordegnano. Oui II Third Army crossed the Piave at Sai t Dona di Piave and eastward of Zen s + son * Tho total number of pri boners t e 33 000. Several hundred guns havi e also been captured. y i n Albania we have occupied Sai 13 Giovanni di Medua, and aro advancing e towards Scutaria. »- t AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL MESSAGE. y l " (Australian and N.Z. Cabl® Asnociation.) (Eeuter's Telegrams.) LONDON. October 30. * A wireless Austrian official repor l * St4 On S: the battlefront we evacuated j " most strongly attacked soctoi.. AMERICAN TROOPS PURSUING J * THE AUSTRIAN'S. J (Australian and N~Cable Association.) " (Received October 31st, 7.45 p.m.) £ ROME, October 30. is American troops have crossed tli 1- Piave in pursuit of the Austxians. BRTTISH-ITALIAN OFJ'ICIAL MESSAGE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Reuter's Telegrams.) (Received October 31st, (.45 p.m.) LONDON, October 30. A British-Italian official messag states > — The Tenth Army, since the comment ment of lias taken 11/t prisoners, of whom tho Fourteenth Br tish Corps captured 6176, a number ( guns and a quantity of material. Th Montello group of armies made a maf nificent advance and took many pr sonors. ITALIANS STILL ADVANCING. (By Cable.—Press Associations-Copyright (Received November Ist, 1.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, October 30. The Italians have reached the Levens river.

t c. r AUSTRIAN VERSION OF THE v DEFEAT. ° (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association-) November Ist. 1.10 a.m.) VANCOUVER, October 30. A Vienna mossage states: —"In view of the desire for peace our troops on Italian soil are evacuating the occupied regions." t . r