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Show GERMANS AT PIAVE RIVER '. i. - i jH Armies Have Reached H Piave River From Suse- H gana to the Adriatic. H H EXPECT FIGHT 1 I Breaking of Italian Front H May Mean Retirement pH From Present Line. ; ;': H BERLIN, VIA LONDON, Ncr. 10. jH The Austro-German forces which are H invading northern Italy nave reached IH the Piave river. Asiago has been cap- j The Piavo river has been reached all the way from Suegana to the Adriatic. IH Asiago is on the Trentino front twen- iH ty miles west of the Piave river, along I which tho Italians have been expected I to fight a decisive battle. The capture j I of Asiago indicates that the Germans I I and Austrians have begun an offensive on the Trentino front in an effort to ; outflank tiie Piave lino. jH The breaking of tho Italian front at this point probably would entail retire- lH ment of the Italians from the Piave jH Sugana is at the foothills of tho j Alps. The Germans have reached the t f I Piave all along its course over the -! plains of northern Italy. |