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Show f BERLIN, Nov. 7, via London. The Germans are con-tinuing con-tinuing their pursuit of the Italians and have taken more prison-ers, prison-ers, the war office announces. "In the mountains and on the Venetian plain, the pursuit is being continued," says the statement. "Some thousands of prisoners have been brought in." TjEKl Jjij German Artillery Active, (jjftoj LONDON, Nov. 7. The Germans made no effort during the night to regain the ground captured yesterday on the Ypres Imf. front by the British. "On the battle front there is nothing to report except sk . intermittent German artillery operations," sa3's today's official --Ifojj; statement. "Our troops have been engaged in consolidating .'seia : the positions won yesterday. iw&Ttl !!A. successful raid was carried out .last nrght-by Liver- tpool troops northwest of Quea'nti Wc captured a few prisoners." pris-oners." French Repulse Attack. PARIS, Nov. 7. The Germans made an attack last night on the Verdun front at Chaume wood. The war office announces an-nounces that the enemy was repulsed. SI; Review of War Situation. A retirement by the Italians to a ' shorter defense - line is under way along a front of ICO miles. Not only from the Carnlc Alps to the Adriatic along the Tagliamcnto are General Cadorna's men retreating before the Austro-Gerraans, but also in the Dolo mite and Carnic Alps. The river Piave appears to be the i' next stopping place of the Italians, but there are indications that even! ; the northern reaches of this river j ! have been abandoned to the enemy. ( ! General Cadorna probably is reUrlng ', upon the Sugana valley, which Hps east of Trent, and upon the lower ' Piave, connecting the two natural ': positions by a line from the Brenta, which flows through the Sugana valley to the Piave. tfj It is improbable that the Italian ir commander would retreat to -the line I $ of the Brenta along its entire length, I as this would leave Venice in the hands of the Invaders. Basing his new offensive on the upper Brenta end and the lower Piave, General Cadorna. f" would have a line about 100 miles : shorter than that of the Tagliamento ' and upon it he apparently will give j battle to the Austro-Germans for the : possession of Venice. Behind this position the Italians would have better ' lines of communication and easier ac- , cess to. the great manufacturing cities of northern Italy. British Dominate Roulcrs. ; , Roulers, an important railway cen-', cen-', ter northwest of Yprea, is nowdomi- .- nated by British guns. Canadian troops ' yesterday completed the capture of the important part of the Passchen- , daele-Gheluvclt ridge by taking Pas- I schcndaelc, Goeberg and MosselmarkL V The Germans suffered heavy losses and a number of prisoners fell Into ' British hands. Passchondaele doral- l nated Roulcrs and the plain surround- ing the town, which lies five miles 4 distant. The Germans had fought hard to 3 hold Passchendaele and several times 3if recently the British had been checked Ti" in attempts to take It. The enterprise of the Canadians was too much for the '. Germans and they had to surrender ' the position, which means much to the f further British progress toward the ; Roulers-Menin railway, one of the sev- cral lines entering Roulers. German Retirement Inevitable. ' . Ench successful effort by the British ' ; brings nearer the inevitable Gorman ; retirement from the positions directly 5 affected by the ever-widening Ypres j salient. A retreat, however, is a . menace to the submarine bases of Os- ; tend and Zeebruggo and tho city of Bruges, the base of German opera-j. opera-j. t lions in Flanders and it is- apparent that Crown Prince Rupprecbt of Ba- ? varia is doing his utmost to retain the ') positions now held rather than to rc- p tire and straighten his line. 4 American Boat Sunk. K The American patrol boat Alcedo, a Wt converted yacht, has been torpedoed tw find sunk by a German submarine in BjLfe. tho war zone, One officer and twenty enlisted men-of the Alcedo are re-. ported missing. : The ship, which carried car-ried a crew of ninety-two men, sank four minutes after being struck by a torpedo. Five Armies Oppose Italians. LONDON. Nov. 7. It is announced at the Austro-Hungarian army headquarters, head-quarters, according to a dispatch from Amsterdam to the Exchange Telegraph Tele-graph company, that the Teuton armies operating against Italy number five. They are under Generals von Kobatin, Von Krash, Von Below, Von Ilenriquez and Wurra with the leadership leader-ship vested in Von Below, who commands com-mands the center army. Thero is a possibility, the dispatch adds, of the Austro-Hungarian fleet co-operating with General Wurm's army along the Adriatic coast. oo |