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Show ; mfi . I J Grave Situation in Moscow Garrison Disobeying Lenine Commander I jj GR E AT VIENNA, Dec. 11, via London. Honved storming y troops have wrested from the Italians the Bressanin bridge- J head near the mouth of the Piave river, according to the official ' itt 1 statement issued today by the Austro-Hungarian war office. vll Two hundred and thirty-four Italians were taken prisoner and ;JSf cn macninc guns were captured. S3B Lively Artillery Duel. Wm BERLIN, Dec. 1 I , via London. On the Flanders' front :jh in France there was a lively artillery duel, the German official " statement issued today says. M n tie taan ront there was active gunfire on both sides f S renta rver an aonS tne lower Piave. fj ; ROME, Dec. 1 1 . Powerful attempts made by. the Aus- i tfo-Germans to retake the Agenzia and Zuliani positions in rthc Capo Sile region of the lower Piave river were sanguinarily repulsed yesterday by the Italians, it was announced today by j the war office. LONDON. Dec. 3.1. Unusual active artillery fighting and aerial operations on the western front yesterday aro reported re-ported in today's official communication. communica-tion. This activity was particularly noteworthy on the Ypres and Arras front. s Great Attack Forecast. Operations of the nature and extent indicated by the official British communication com-munication almost invariably precede a great attack. The preliminary bombardment bom-bardment designed to break down the opposing defenses and clear the way for the infantry advance, may continue con-tinue for a week or more while at the same time efforts are made to clear the air of opposing aviators to conceal the bringing up of troops and other preparations for the attack. Yesterdays' Yester-days' French and British statements also spoke of heavy artillery fighting at many points. Rncent reports that the Germans, reinforced by troops withdrawn from the Russian front, were about to undertake un-dertake in the west the greatest offensive of-fensive campaign of the war derived added significance from Secretary Baker's references yesterday in his weekly war review, to the massing of German troops on the western front and the expected attempt of the enemy to break the allied line. Storm , Hinders Aviation. LONDON, Sunday. Dec. 9. The official of-ficial statement on aviation activities, issued tonight, reads: "On Saturday rain prevented flying until the afternoon, when a certain amount of artillery work and recon-noitcring recon-noitcring was done. Our airplanes dropped bombs on hostile billets and fired many rounds at ground targets. Two of our airplanes arc missing." Active Artillery Fighting. PARIS, Dec. 11. Patrol encounters occurred north of Bozonvaux (Vordun front) and near Tahure (Champagne)," (Cham-pagne)," says the war .office statement state-ment today. "Active artillery.fighting developed in some sectors of upper Alsaco and Lorraine. Everywhere- else the night wa3 calnu" if.Kir5 Review of the War situation. n-jSft Heavy German reinforcements have tl 3 arrived in: France, it is believed in allied capitals, but where the expect-otij expect-otij ed blow will fall Is yet to be dis- jB closed. For tho moment the infantry' ' .jfl is inactive along the western front, B i but the artillery, and especially that iaijH i of the Germans, Is very active in I various sectors. hjM: On the British front tho Germans u9 are bombarding also neavily the posi- nH tions west of Cambrai, east and north- najjS oast of Cambrai, the two sectors that navG seeu virtually tho heaviest fight-eroM fight-eroM Ing In the past two months. ,'ofH t From St. Quentin to tho Swiss bor- -JH der, Paris reports great artillery ac- .H , llvity, belwoen tho Oiso and the Aisne 'H ' hi Champagne, northeast of Veraun 'H 'lnd in upper Alsace. The French and 7J9 Hellish are replying In kind against H I tllc Germatl positions. Infantry fight- ! m6 has stopped momentarily a least yM I on the' Italian front from Asiago to the '-'9 ., Piave river. jBM . The Au3tro-German efort to break through between the Piave failed with heavy losses. The enemy then reformed his shattered forces and attempted at-tempted to break through between Asiago and the Piave. He failed again. The Austro-Germans captured some, terrain but without improving their ( tactical positions and at a heavy cost. An apparently local attempt to cross tho lower reaches of tno Piave has been checked by the Italians, wno rp-captured rp-captured observation tranches taken by Austrian soldiers. British Flag Over Jerusalem. Official entry into Jerusalem, the holy city of the Christians, is planned for today. Allied troops entered the capital of Palestine after it was sur-roundea sur-roundea and the Turks were forced to surrender. Capture of the city wa3 delayed through fear that the fighting operations might result in the damage of religious shrines. Meager reports from Russia indicate indi-cate that the Bolshoiviki aro meeting with difficulty in maintaining control of Moscow. The situation there is reported re-ported grave with the Bolsneviki refusing re-fusing lo obey its commander, wno has ordered machine guns placed in the streets in anticipation of an uprising |