| Show I 1 1 WILL EXPOSE HUN DESIGNS IGNS ON RUSSIA RUSSI z 44 1 1 4 of of 4 4 y y r I VICTO RY WON WON BY FRENCH PS IN CHARGE CHARSE d n HUNS s 0 fAll BACK t N MOUNTAINS Lines Believed Ini hu- mi- mi pregnable regna le Are I Pierced in L route Monte Tomba Sector by General Micheler's l Army ArTIlY NUMBER NUl 1390 GREAT GUNS 7 T tl Lter ter Fighting Reported in Cambrai rS Sector Prussians Assault British Trenches nut mit Are Driven Back By Br Int rn OMS OME Dec 31 Into to In-to the dying Li hours of Italy's darkest year nets net's rainbow divisions have hae sent brilliant ra rayA ray t A A notable victory the Rome Home of- of r. r d W n by t I ren U u. u army r- r I- I General 1 formerly l H first in iu the field sent hi his oops to the mountain battle with C of the Manic Marne and Win rin They did With irresistible dash thc they stormed c C. lines of the th In the tho sector Monte Tomba throwing the defends defend defend- s back a considerable distance and king 1300 prisoners Seven cannon cannoni i id ti d sixty machine guns are among among- tIde the oty It Is the first victor victory on the thelIan ilian lIan side since the disaster I Italy t The whole kingdom Rome dispatches owed tonight Is throb throbbing binS binS' with Joy joyd d id reborn confidence Berlin officially admitted tho defeat Is a afternoon The Tho German war ar office it its announcement stated that rench attacked succeed succeed- Infantry and t in penetrating parts of ot German Gernan po po- Ions lions around Monte Tomba To ro o Berlin and in fact tact to the world large the tho French success success came as a t surprise e No one in mill- mill ry 3 circles had believed there was any ance ance at this time tinie for tor a successful on the Italian line If H the atIna could hold their own until snow 11 and then use ue the wint winter r for it was was believed all that uld bo done was done dona Thought f Again and again dispatches front from n nil 11 rt of ot sources had told toM of oC the con- con reulon reinforcements had r rep rep- p- p the thu German Austro-German front as Military speculation r from considering a ve ye revolved d around the question hen and where will the ake their supreme thrust The Tho point of ot the French attack lies a av y v v miles to tho the northeast of ot Saw Monte Grappa If General is 14 able to push pUth his offensive d id actually break through ho has line a ance of ot outflanking the whole Teun Teu- Teu n a lIn line westward to Asiago and furer furor fur fur- I er or to the western estern edge of ot tilt the Trenwith Tren- Tren no 0 With the annual heavy ot It t far tar off the communication In the mountains must inase inease in- in ease ase dally daily Nothing short of oC a tr tre- tre I I through break-through drive at once thought capa capable le of saving the tho Teus Teu Teu- 8 1 s from having heavy tables 8 turned I them Hitter Fighting tu In Notwithstanding ing the fact tact that deep v covers ers the ground C along the I stern front In northern France hit hit- fighting has haH been In progress bofen be- be I fen eEn the tho British and Germans on the sector After having captured front line positions Sunday an and ander J Jer er er r lost the greater portion of them thema a counterattack th the Germans MonT Mon Mon- T F again set el forth Corth after aCter a heavy born hom- I dment In quest of a much desired litton tho tho Welsh which ridge c which lies th tho south of or Marcoing In the old denburg line and offers a splendid I taCe Mag Et point for observation Attacking over o a a. front of or about 1200 rd the tho enemy entered one of ot the tho IlI h trenches His Ills tenure however of C short duration us as Field M MarU Marmen Mar Mar- rU r- r u Ial's men in a n brilliant counter- counter U o l k completely tel regained their lost L pd lId ud Oh Oil the other part of or the line I ti Ct p C pM M Ire CO met with ft n wither wither- ha re and compelled to retreat l with Casualties L Other N iuie hl e from this battle little fighting rno ail I Is Ih n lr Bross on an any of the nUn UKI violent artillery duels r Z at t various points In France continued on Pa Page Pago o 3 3 I II I FRENCH FRENCH- DRIVE GERMANS BACK I t Hun Him Pos Positions in I Mountains l of Italy and Win Glorious Victory Continued From Page 1 and Italy Especially heavy is the duel uel the northern Around Monte Tomba on Italian front It is in this sector that tho French are lending their aid to th the i Italians and in their first attack 3 against i the enemy they captured Imand Im- Im lj positions and took about 1400 i prisoners s and sixty machine guns and seven big guns as boot booty From Jaffa eastward General Allenby's Allenby's Allen- Allen f bys by's forces In Palestine are continuing their advance against the Turks The Thc f latest reports from Palestine show that the Britons are now flow well to the north and northwest of ot Jerusalem and In f 1 possession of or some ome of oJ the most Important i tant roads in central Palestine British casualties reported in December Decem Decem- her ber reach reached cd a total of or as compared compared com corn pared with In November No I |
