Show ARMY 16 ROUTED BY ALLIES MORE THAN HUNDRED VILLAGES LIBERATED SINCE LATEST OFFENSIVE BEGAN italian american british and french troops furiously attack austro hungarians Hung arians over a front of some sixty miles rome over it a front of some mine sixty ri miles alles front tile the brenta river in northern italy to the vicinity of the Adrid adriatic liC sea the austro nr lire being violently attacked by italian french and american troops in ili the lie mountain region the enemy is resisting desperately iles and holding ills his ground fairly 11 uell ell but east cast of lite river lie he Is in flight across the plains of treviso sharing his course over the same saine territory through which blell lie drove hie file italians a tent cur ago and readied reached the eastern edge of the plains ot of venetia already numerous towns owns have hale been liberated prisoners have been taken and large numbers of guns ann ana machine guns and huge quantities of stores lieve fallen into the hands ot of the allied troops far behind tit the lines allied aviators are heavily boni bombing bIng enemy columns in den iene e masses which tire lire in retreat over mer badly congested roads leading eastward east waid toward the austrian fr judging the situation front froin tile the rapid advance the jhc attie allies are making it would appear that lint the lie entire enemy front has been broken east of the alave pla e and that with the cavalry operating far lit in advance of the foot troops the hie enemy forces will lie unable to reform their battle line until the lie austrian border Is reached it is not unlikely that ninny many of the austro hungarians anre doomed to capture or extermination by the allies on the western front in france and belgium there lias ins been a marked diminution lit in tile lie intensity of the infantry n activity along the british line there have been peen only patrol encounters anti and reciprocal bombardments the french bo however Never tire are engaged in nn an other attack on a front of about seven seen and it a halt half miles between lie tween st quentin le petit and herpy in the general direction of the coin communication toll lines running ea eastward from the old st quentin and laon sectors find and also with lilt purpose of driving a wedge into this part of the southern battle line and thereby compel the enemy to readjust his front through champagne to tile the meuse sietse around orand grand pre north of the argonde forest tile the americans have materially teri ally bettered their positions in attacks against the germans the rolle belle joyeuse farm which for several days li ad been no mans land and now Is clr virtually till all held by the americans lat kat of the matise there has bas been considerable lighting fighting but it lias has resulted in no great change in positions the big american guns are continuing to heavily shell german positions I 1 far behind the lines and bombing planes plane also at nrc intensively active against troop concentration points |