Italy

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 82, 31 October 1918, Page 5

Italy

ENEMY DRIVEN BACK.

VILLAGES LIBERATED.

CAPTURED GUNS TURNED ON ENEMY.

Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 9.40 a.m.) London, October 30.

An Italian communique states: Onr Eighth and Twelfth Armies attacked the enemy frontally, while the Tenth Army threatened his* flank, /flic enemy abandoned bis positions on the heights on the left bank of the Piave, ami is retreating hard pressed. We liberated villages. Our parties closely followed up the enemy, who blew up the bridges on the Monticano. We entered Conegliano. Northward, on the right of the Piave, we co-operated with the troops on the left hank, and passed after a lively and brilliant struggle beyond Calcine. The torrent of bitter fighting continues. In the region of the Grappa, we prisonered 1000 and captured over 150 guns, of which many are already in action against the enemy.

ALLIES’ RAPID ADVANCE.

PERILOUS ENEMY POSITION. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 10.50 a.m.) London, October HO. Latest telegrams from the Italian headquarters state that the Tenth Army advanced rapidly, and is already using a. largo number of abandoned Austrian batteries. The advance renders the Austrian position perilous to the southward, as heavy inundations of the entire lowlying region along the coast allow only the narrowest territory for eventual retreat. Over one hundred villages east of the Piave have been already liberated. The advance continues on a- sixty kilometre front.

STRIKING GALLANTRY. ACROSS THE PIAVE UNDER FIRE. Press Association —Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.30 a.m.) Rome, October 30. The Anglo-Italians, after occupying the islands of the Piave, near Papadopoli, waded the river in groat fury, and continuing the charge cleared the first line of the enemy on the other hank. The Italians’ right wing waded breast-deep under heavy fire, healing machine-guns and grenades, and, despite the sternest defence, the Bersaglieri, rallying to bugle calls, swept all before them.

A FEAT IN FORDING.

BRIDGE-BUILDING UNDER FIRE.

Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 11.55 a.m.) Rome, October 50. The lording of tlje Piave was a great feat. The river was swollen and the current violent. Rain Tell in torrents. The stream was one hundred yards wide. The first storm troops crossed by boats to assist in tin* construction of bridges. These were built five times and were everyi time destroyed by artillery, Iho sixth effort succeeded.

CAPTURED AUSTRIANS, 32,000.

RETREAT THREATENING TO BECOME ROUT.

Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received I p.m.) New York, October .‘lO. Thirty-two thousand Austrians wore captured on the Piavo front.; The enemy retreat is threatening to become a rout.