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Grey River Argus, 2 November 1918, Page 3

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IN GRAVE DANGER. 15 AUSTRIAN DIVISIONS. THE ITALIAN , ADVANCE. NEARLY 100 MILE FRONT. ALLIED ARMIES AxTL ADVANCK OVER 50,000 PRISONERS. RETREAT GETTING DISORDERLY. ADVANCING ON TWO FRONTS. LONDON, October 31. The entire Italian front is ablaze. All the Italian arms are in action. NEW YORK, October 31. The whole Italian front is advancing. It is reported that fifteen Austrian divisions on the Brenta-Piave front have been cut off and surrounded. The Allies in Italy have captured 55.000 prisoners and 100 guns. Tho Italians have Teached the Liven za River. The British under General Pennella, commander of the Twelfth Italian Corps, entered Asiago. ROME. October 31. In the week's offensive we made prisoners of 20,000 and liberated 100 rillno-ps and 700 square kilometres of territory. (Roe. November 1, 7.45 pro) ROME, October 31 The Italian offensive on' the Trentino front is progressing well. That on the Lower Piave line is advancing rapidly. The Italians reached the Lfven'za River at Frangrigo. They cap-tured-Coscn mountain; which dominates the Piave River from the foot or the hills to the sea. Tho Italians also control all the mountain % valleys to the Venetian Plains. Over a hundred, towns and* 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. (Rec. November 2, 12.35 a.m.) VANCOUVER, October 31. The Italian Embassy- at Washington reports-. There- are Austrian divisions between the. mouth of the Brenta River and the Piave River in grave danger. A crisis is impending. The territory reconquered by the Allies yesterday totals over a thousand square kilorhetres. The fighting front now ex ends to a width of 150 kilometres. , LONDON, October 31. An Austro-Hungarian official message states: Oh -t^e Venetian Plain the English and Italians, thrust further forward, and "appreciably extended their gains at places where they have broken through northward and southward of Mphtello. Taking into account the resolve, oft expressed to conclude an armistice and peace • ending the struggle of nations, our troops fighting on Italian soil will evacuate the occupied region. The eastern wing of our forces operating in Serbia have already crossed to the northward bank of the Danube. Our march to the Tear, on the Save and Drin continues,, the enemy nowhere following. ...