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Show ITALIANS BEGIN li OFFENSIVE ON WHOLE LINE News Received in Paris Confirms Statement That Cadora Has Started Vigorous Drive. GREAT FORTRESS IS EXPECTED TO FALL Early Snow Hampers Invaders In-vaders in Region of Rovereto, but Activities Are Not Diminished. (Spwltt Cable b? Arrangameat wttb London Pally Telegraph and Intrmaifoml Now Berrloa.) PARI 8, Sept. 4. News today from thp Italian fronts confirms the statement state-ment that General Cadora, the Italian commander in chief, is starting a vigorous vig-orous offensive on all three of the Important Im-portant subdivisions of his front. Having sent a main column up from Brescia to break through the Tyrol frontier on the wst, on a line north of Trent and another main column up from Verona, practically due northward, against Trent, he lias now sent a third and fourth from Vicenza and Treviso to brtak through on the cast. AJ1 these columns, in what is probably the most difficult country in Europe, are fast converging on Trent and it is believed the main objective of this campaign will soon be realized. Rovereto. the great outpost fortress to the south. Is practically marked. The occupation of it by the Italians would be no surprise. In all this region an early snowfall hae hampered the Italians In -the last few days, but docs not diminish their activity. In the sector of the Isonzo, where the most powerful blow so far has been dealt to the great scheme of the Austrian Aus-trian defensive, the opposing: forces are now in very close touch on a long line, almost the entire distance from Plezzo to the Adriatic. |