Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-11-22 | Page 9 | Mountain Fight Nearing Climax

MOUNTAIN FIGHT I NEAR1NGCIMX Centers at Monte Grapha and 'Has Become Struggl eof the Giants. ENEMY HELD IN CHECK H Austro - Germans Advance Slowly in Face of Tenacious Italian Opposition. ITALIAN ARMY HEAD QUARTER S , Wednesday. Nov. 21. (By the Asso- IH ciated Press.) The battle in the nioun- jll tainous region in the north between IH the Piave and Brenta rivers is nearing iH its culmination. It centers at Monte Grapha and has become 'a struggle of It is now clear that, notwithstanding the great number of troops employed iH by the enemy and his advantages of 'H terrain, ho Is able to advance only very slowly now that he Is not being assist- jH ed by the element of surprise, by trea- jH son and other circumstances which fa-vored fa-vored him at first. Even if the Italians should be obliged to abandon the Piave river line, they may be expected to 'H fall tack more slowly and offer still lH more tenacious opposition. jH oo