Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-20 | Page 2 | Quero is Captured by Teuton Invaders

I! II U! II IS CAPTURED BY TEUTON INVADERS Austro - German Effort Centered Upon the Most Vulnerable Point in the Italian Line, Against Which Heavy Masses of Troops Are Being Thrown. LONDON, Nov. 19. The Au. t.rian official communication of Saturday, as received here today by wireless, says: "On the lower Piave (Italian front), reconnoitering detachments on tlifl western bank of the stream had to be withdrawn before strong countor-attacka. ' ' While the Itnlliins fire holding the mlil-fllo mlil-fllo and lower i-fjK-hfH of the JMave rivr fiurrp.MfiiHv nfiiiinst the Teutonic Invader Invad-er f, h nfl ha ve thrown hack I lin crra ter portion of those who rrospecl the stream, i ho .Mic my Ih t ryinK wit h strong torces tn the nort li lo be;i t back the. troops of fJenerat flaz, piorrf1 the line and force a retirement westward from the region of Vidnr to the Adriatic sen. in this endeavor the invaders have captured cap-tured bp vial iniportn nt. points of van-tiii-re. Tiotnhl the villHges of Quero and Monte Ooi'ii'-lle, and h;ive compelled the Italians under a hpa vy bombardment to evHPiiate their strongly fortified position on Monte Tnmha, ahnost the last ntrons holrl barrinp th" way to the northern edare of tiie Venetian plains. These captures cap-tures iire rt'ported by the linrmail war office, hut t ho admission had been made previously by Home that the enemy was Httai-kiiiff in thin repion with heavy ef- i fertiven, doubtless amonp tiiem roinforce-merits roinforce-merits which it had been known for seven! sev-en! weeks they were hurrying" southward. south-ward. The (fermnns announced also the lukinp of lino prisoners riurinp the fipht-inp. fipht-inp. N'ol hinp as yet has heen heard of the arrival of Brit isli and Kreneh reinforcements reinforce-ments to aid tlie Italians. All (lie enemy forces which last week crossed the river 1'iave near Zenson have been swept clear of the westrn bank in n brilliant attack by the Italians. arpe n umbers of them met flea th along the eastern bank or were drowned in their hurried attempt to ford the stream. Others Oth-ers were bayoneted or forced to surrender, sur-render, and it was only a small portion of t he original force that was able to make its way to safety.