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Show BRITISH ARTILLERY ON ROMAN FRONT READY TO CHECK DRIVE OF TEUTONS ITALIANS FACE NEW MENAGE II IIP! General Diaz Crosses the Piave and Blows Up the Bridges; Aus-tro-German Invaders Line Up on Opposite Side, Checked for the Time Being. ALLIED TROOPS IN NORTHERN ITALY Will Assist Romans in Beating Back the Teutons Teu-tons and Preventing the Capture of Venice and Rich Manufacturing Manufactur-ing Districts of Lorn-bardy Lorn-bardy and Piedmont. With the opposing armies lined i along a thiity-milc stretch of the Fiav river in its lower loute and ia fight ing touch with each other on a widf front stretching westward through tV hills to the north of tho Venetian plain a real test of strength seems in pros pect for tha first time since the lt-ai ian armies in northeastern Italy began their retreat from the Isonro. Hitherto the main force of tho Ai:s tro-German thrust into Italy in thi campaign has been from the northeast With their left standing along the east bank of tho lower Piave. however, th-: Teutonie urmies apparently have now begun to exert their chief pressure with their right wing from tho north along tho lino bending sharply west from Asiiigo, thirty miles from the Adriatic on the Piave. Flank Attack. Austro-Hunarian forers, Kerliu an non need on .Saturday, are pressing forward for-ward iu the Sujjana valley, as well a? in the uppor Piave. The Trentino region re-gion virtually begins at the Sugana. Thus there is beiii developed in thi, district the predicted flanking attack on the Italian left, vrhieh has been recognized rec-ognized as probably the most serious threat to the J talian line which the Teutonic ceniniaud could bring to bear, t'pon successful resistance to this drive from the north depends tho stability of the whole Italian front to the east, aa well as continued possession of A'enice and what remains of the northeastern neck of Italy. Just what Hue the Italian command has chosen for resistance to the flanking flank-ing operation is not apparent, but if run north of Asia go. t wenty miles west of Susegana. it is apparent that tho invading in-vading armies already have gained a decided advantage, for Herlin reports the capture or' Asiago, after hard lighting light-ing in the streets. Help at Hand. 1 1 is nearly n do-en miles, however, from Asiago to the Venetian plaius. Uie j Austro-lierman objective with the route running through a hilly country, lending lend-ing itself admirably to detente, as was shown in the Austrian of tensive of HUt, when the enemy was halted in tho Asiago region. Hrit ish and Krone h t roops have- arrived ar-rived in northern Italy nnd will aid tho I Italians iu beating back the invaders from capturing Venice and the rich manufacturing district in Lombard and Piedmont. BRITISH GUNS ARE IN POSITION ON THE PIAVE RIVER TY A 1,1 AN liKAlKH'ARTKRS. Nov. 10. noon. Uy the Associated Kress. 1 British Brit-ish hatteries have taken their positions alone the front line, prepared to give sup- (OonUnued on Page Two) ITALIANS FACE S MENACE B TREM (Continued from Page One.) port to t':ie liroir ?--r". lii -tofort1 chKtly horne ' the Italian rear guards In tiif off or t to ftay the Au.-iro-i.rrmaii alvan'-e. Tle reformation of i :r I ml in n army nlontr th: Of'.'iiili.!: '1 potk.n i. I'ruurff-rini,' I'ruurff-rini,' in cnofl or-it-r, ani tlitf 1ms Ii.-wi no material i i an.- In the .-.it nation f-r. the pa Ft day or two. Th- a a i e'viint for a rent ml milltn r-rourif-il fur "ti.f entire v.cs:i-rn front," tr the first time, r-- nu7.'" ami iii'-orporati-s l!ie Jiaiinn fl j'rt of the wf-'.Mii fiont. th'iP terminating the Italian fr.nt af ;i separate entity. It hIfo f s;.aiii:o.-( r---ipro'al fijiut'ol. ifi whu h not oniy the FYeiv'ti ft n'l Mr i t i.-h ha ve a oh o in t he Italian -n mpH i irn. (n;t !alv lia a. voive in ti:e KrTi' h anil i!ri;lh ' anij aiyn. |