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Show oo SUPREME TRIAL OF WAR IS ON Cadorna's Ability to Affect Vast Reorganization and Oppose Op-pose Enemy Strained to Limit. ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN ITALY, Sunday, Nov.4. (By the Associated Press.) The situation is still grave. Attention is now centered on the strength of the defenses west of the Tagliamento river and on the ability to effect the vast re-organization and oppose the whole force of the concentration of Italian troops and allied reinforcements against the tremendous pressure the enemy is exerting. All the allies should realize that one of the supreme trials of the war has reached the final stage. Lively Artillery Firing. BERLIN, Nov. 5. "In Flanders there was only lively artillery firing, notably in tho Yser lowlands in the evening," the war office announced today. to-day. "A powerful and destructive fire was directed In the course of the night on tho latter area and on the fighting district between Houtholst wood and the Comlnes-Ypres canal." British Attack Repulsed. BERLIN, Nov. 5, via London. Repulse Re-pulse of a British attack on the Macedonian Mace-donian front near the Vardar river Is reported today by army headquarters. The announcement follows: "After strong artillery preparation for days past, British battalions attacked at-tacked south of Stoyakovo yesterday. Their assault collapsed with heavy losses and without results." |