Show i GERMANS GERMAN I i ii i EVACUATE AIE f FORT Rl V VAUX A X Practically All G Ground r I of Pronounced Value Taken S by Grown Crown Princ Prince m i the e Winter and Spring g Off Offensive Of Of- f at Verdun Now N Lost I IJ i J IMPORTANT Il ADVANCE MADE BY ITALIANS More Than Austrians Made fade Prisoner i in in Drive in Gorizia and Carlo Carso Sec Sectors Sectors tors Fierce Combats Raging Raging Rag Rag- ing in Carpathian Passes RUSS DEFEAT SUFFER DEFEAT T LONDON LON ONDON N Nov v. v On 2 On the er fig fighting g fronts important successes have hate been obtained by bj the French Wench in inthe inthe the regaining of Fort Vaux northeast of Verdun by the tho Italians in a further push forward in inthe the tIlO G Gorizia orizia and Carso sectors through which they are trying to reach Triest and by the in Germans l lV V near T where where Russian Russian Rus Rus- II sian positions were stormed and captured captured captured cap cap- and 22 officers and 1508 men n. n were ma made o prisoner The Germans evacuated Fort Vaut Vaux i during tho the night says their official re report report re- re I port ort without hindrance b by the French and after portions of ot the tho fort tort had boon blown up The French continued to pour a n h heavy r fire from their big guns gun gunson a aon on the thc fortification Shortly af after tor Fort had s been retaken and a n wide wido stretch of at the tho front in this region regained by the French In their sudden offs movement October 2 23 it was pointed i ted out that Fort Vaux likewise had been put ut in a n. perilous position The Ilie French advanced close cloeo to the edge of or tho the fortification fortification for for- on its Immediate front la In n their great t drive an and pu hc l- l r b be beyond beyond be- be yond on it on each aide makin making Us its fall Continued on Page 2 2 I GERMANS GIVE UP Lip FORT V AUX Virtually i All Ground Taken il Verdun V C Offensive Lost to Cro Prince Continued From irom 1 1 of or observers at tHe the in-the n the opinion time short front only a a. question IU SUon of or a a. All 11 German dins Io I ct round ground of ot proOn pro- pro Virtually nit nil the o O n 4 d valur by br the G Germans on t he easterly bank banI of oC th Meuse in offensive o at nl their thEIl wInter u and V hat A. now nor with th the tho fall fall of or of Fort VIl Faux Vaux X IJ been en lost to them To the thu north of or tho the the O ma mule made e an additional gain sain between Lea Les and Sl and nd also 1 0 taken OO German prisoners making malting the U total of men nten captured Wednesday edne o an and Thursday in this region Zae The Tho British h last nl night ht reported gains gains' In the Jj Iles 3 sector in operations In conjunction with the French but announced toda today that heavy rain rail was and that there were no note note- falling u fI the l t t. t worthy happenings napp UL during UI me It u t g b. b n- n Forn tEnt team of or and on the Carso plateau near Vallone the Italians after atler violent I artillery preparation attacked tho Austrian line and despite tho the re resistance re- re of ot tho the Austrians captured Inthe in inthe the former sector the eastern castern of or I and and San Marco farco and hei heights east or of Sober On the tho Carso Caro plateau several TV wooded coded hills were taken and an adante ad- ad Tance ante of two-thirds two of a milo was made f tl tl tho the east of ot S IU During Durin tho Ir If ln s Austrians were made malic prison prison- ri rl I and sI six guns suns numerous machine machino gUl and Bother war wale material were cap cap- turid d vT r e theatre is witnessIng witness- witness Ing d il continuation of ot the advance of or orthe the tle Germans Austro-Germans south or of the Roth C hurm pass while in tile the J 1 ul valle aile valley the Rumanians are arc keeping keeping- up Of the tho the their Ir in Pt There There- Is 8 still no news concerning the operation operation- In except tho statement that the Russo he nus o advance ad pt al ards S reconnoiterinG and that Const no has been shelled from the tine s sea a hut but without success In Macedo o nia fighting continues inthe In Inthe Inthe the bend of the Coma Cerna river region with ith small sn sa for lor the Serbians On the roman remainder Jer of oC the front bombardments bom bon arc are In to progress Vaux nu o of oS X J a further J r Value n Berlin Fort Nov ov 2 Fort Vaux at t Verdun was as evacuated on the night of ot November November Novem Novem- o em ber her 1 and nd 2 in a accordance with prearranged pre pre- arran arranged ed plans ac nc to the tine Ger Oer- German German man mau military lead lend r 1 who Indicated that they considered the sacrifices s Involved In- In in involved In Its retention on out of oC proportion proportion proportion tion to its value aluc In th c e present German strategic scheme The Associated i Pre s representative was informed on the evening of ot November No- No vember 1 from GermiO headquarters of ot the Impending evacuation an and the the- retirement of or the thc l lines to positions positions positions po po- po- po better adapted to defense an anal and at al tho the same time was waN given n au an explanation explanation nation of at the withdrawal Forts and V vi 4 UX ux it was explained formed such a m material erial elo- elo nent in the defense of Verdun as os Ion long ns us they thoy tho remained with unimpaired armament in French hands the they had d to be bo put out of ot action in order to crap crip pie pic the the- the fortress and ond one once this was W 8 accomplished ac RC the ruins of ot the tho forts orts with tho the a armaments removed mo possessed m no fo to tho rho Germans am and such Importance served tl chiefly as H targets for tor the thi artillery French Now ow that Fort I has hns posse passed d French possession Fort For a again aln Into aux Vaux no longer cI Jn In n tho the opinion of or tho tin German loaders leaders justified tho the h heavy sacrifices to ro retain the tho ground n about j to defense defense de tie I the tort fort which n Is Ill adapted tense n against attacks from the south souk and west Fort Faux Vaux was therefore and the German lines retired re retired re- re t r tired d to positions le less leas s exposed to tit the tire fire of ot tho the artillery Rattling n De Berlin BerUn Now Nov 2 Combats Combats In tho the Carpathian Car pl passes are being b carried cl or on with extraordinary rage r The Tho Rumanians Ruma Humn- at nt the eleventh cle hour are ure trying to bar IJar the gates or of b by tho the concentrated engagement 1 of ot rapidly Now News the Overseas reserves says agency sene trenches north of ot nn ns Mighty well as positions at nt AZU f which consist consist con con- I completed of or p permanent worl works 3 several months a ago ago o ii Including trench and barbe barbed wire systems wolf wot traps an I defenses were partly crushed cl by the tho and cannon of ot the advancing ad German Austro n army J groups or were partly aU outflanked South of or In the pass lH as aR well as south of or pass the attacking troops slowly hut but Irresistibly Irre Irre- sl march against Campo lun lung Ia says s 's tho rho agency which adds I These mountain battles are ro being tou fought ht through h filled with snow and 1111 made Impracticable blo by rains between n ravines ra and on snow- snow covered co summits The They require the thc utmost ut uL- of or the tho commanders commanders com com- most energy enert on tho the part nUlO manders and troops nn and belong to the most difficult but bul at the same time lime most glorious exploits of or this cam cam- i nunn Line Lint Duck Bock I Petrograd Nov 2 Interest t In tho the Rumanian situation continues to overshadow over over- overshadow shadow many episodes on the western 1 front particularly particular since tho the approach of or winter already alread has precluded the thc possibility of oC further operations on a largo scale In tilts this theatre There Thero has hns been however cr a noticeably noticeably notice notice- the tart Cart o orthe of or ably growing tendency on tho the Germans to begin a u noro oro e cr r less serious offensive he at nt various v points in Galicia the most Important of ot hl which h hIs Is the one un undertaken south of nt t zan zany rany where the Russian positions long along the Nala u ka river have offered exceptional advantages el for or a flanking attack upon from the north and anti at tt the same samo time constituting a 11 direct menace to Lemberg The Germans aimed thrusts all along alonA the he line from to but hut concentrating most moat hen I heavily In tho the re region region re- re gion ion of ot woo wood began a determined de tie- d attack on the night of or Octol Octo- Octo l ter er r 29 9 which carried carrle the Russian po poi poi- l. l ions Russian critics although manifestly manifest surprised at the Ule German ability to launch aunch an offensive of large for forces athis at ot this his point do not con consider the hostile advance over o a six mile front of ot m. m more mare rc than ban local Importance and md state l tat U-at at Its is only onh significance la iu in relation to the he Transylvanian operations Opel being fin nn obvious ob attempt to create a n diversion and nd prevent further Russian cooperation opera co Ion tion on the Transylvania front whore where General von on Falkenhayn n after being belnA temporarily chec checked cd Is making molting a new effort fort to advance |