ï~~"...aa AMuaautle, wnu au- r' oaur uunrinues With gains of the Wa,, Us,11 UWl UC1 nunuuII a Ln W w t e' P e. French between ta lle and the Sarre. conforPeaes d a n a, ta n in of neem r oli-, e'ra A"en obl heria rnhbewe t.OseadteSre Official Washington today aooe led fO>Etlfie. Gitles by nel o An intense artilery duel Is in progress on the American front north- Alea ip?he wat! f Verduni bit ao. infantry fight. plI El ' tW' has been rtported, P A hile the -lites have th'roaj t tfce across the Piavh 6Vi t " ' ".a thlrty miles. the heaviest fighting has I it'r ilk been. along a stretdh 89 reven miles. ff ie i d t>o l lii az between Conegliano and Oderzo, where r ce t ht e h the Italians and British have advanced Third Desperate Combat This t!l aetQalht e "The attack.ofteteh rjca more than three miles. makinr a farm- a R..v 1hkh 6 ci 1% river and between tw of *unth.tAlan ebris a eileV3 Y' " t)aeir- main COrP muntcettoR Utnes ardgfl Rwor )be aAonaei bnfl, tm, The allies are within two miles of "In the center the fot teeIt i e both Conegliano and Oderzo. leh corps Is In tochwtth taif be Alon e ave a Osohof Oderzo With the Allied Forces on the 1 the neighhoroof f Aln.hPaesuh fOem rdadhed the line ~ hnt h h there has been little fighting. but the Piave, Monday. Oct. 2.--(l p. m.)-By mlan and is one kilometer soUth c allied advance in the north would tend Aesociatel Press.)-The last lines of or o 1t ttf ihieth tali to force the Austrians to evacuate the the Austro-Hungarian resistance in the corps, which nde;lt - lowlands of the lower Piave. the rear of thefrtnh rti central positions along the Plave riv- corps, has attacked in a northerly dl TO THE UTMOST, or ware broken today by the British. retipor tnd ismakinggood progresi Apparently the allied thrusts, In the Rprso uthrcpue mouati y -e al rrench and Italian forces. guns and men c e m all cors montain zcne between the Piave and Movements acrosteieeinfr LIEUtJ.-COL. W. D. IIAGGARDO. the Brenta were feints for the purpose The Austrians were dealt a smash- are intreaing stadil anditn curbes Distin wished Nashville surgeon, now of attracting the attention of enemy inl blow. It resulted in the allies orme thastan at shell in France with the surgeon-general from more formidable movement making new, advances, pushing for- raffle has been so well organise makin acrossne, usig o that there has bensaceyayt ofethe American expeditionary aco th Piave. Troops and supplies ward as far as Vayolla, which was terruption. The a o o forces. are being rushed to the Piave front leading to' the plinoftePaer expeditionary forces Col. laggard and it Is evidently purposed to force taken by the victorious Italians, not- fled with colttre and tuek eary Wei e givan &dhl1 ibDdlal assignment thf Cnoi. to a,. g withatanain d5 t ear estet e ianatag Ve war m te 3 nevo wvila b4 Jp- hTVlnRMg-nii el t,mlmn the ci'tnbr toii tr~.o hell dirap c t h oawy n neeau e but A o rat be a In addition to the Uritish, Italian I q 1ck movd and nucdbu Itprobably will be as Italian headquarters on the Piaverad consultant to a large hospital area. and French troops already taking part Mond Oc 8- y he socd VonceMay. O 28, vIa Londo in the fighting. American troops are Press.)-Iifteen thousand prisoners Oct. 29.-A great battle is raging o that Liut. -Ct Haggard was ehosen reported to be in reserve. The Amer- had been taken by the British, aan. a front of t irty-seven miles east 9 to accompany the surgeon-general of can infantry force Is not large. proba- and French up to late today In the ad- the Brenta, according to the offie., the American e upedltolarg forces to bly two regiments or lees, and not un- vance across the Piave, which for the statement today from Austro-Iungar Fte smeicn is ed~ c~n ry1force t at likely will be brlie wthh ta third time in one year is the someo of Ian headcuartere. Is well meie.Oeoftems l- lene< r DTh Britlsh. The5 fghtIng east ~ ~t~iahti.Ti ~e oee, Between the BEna n h ly tony of the iv a envr tabtes are turned against the Aus allnatcswr eusd tingulshed sur ebs tot only of t ofhe e Piave has been very heavy, the trians, who are steadily bein pressed Ital an attackse lrud. South but of the entire country, Dr. Austrians struggling bitterly to pre- back from the eastern bn of the There has beer n Hgard was chosen early last sprin vent the allies from enlarging their river the day along th Pinvo where a B-it Surgeon-General Gorgas as one of gains on the east bank. The battle now -haf been going on ish du as was te d s hla advisers Out of about fourteen men East of the Olse on the French for five days and haw been marked by trians aeaeak th Ao selected from the country at-large and front the army of Gen. Debeney rapid- the desperate resistance of the Aus- trinm after a brea lfto o mileo was commissioned a major. His in- l is encircling Guise. On the south trians. They have dIrect-d their artil- of from one and valuable services o0q the staff of the they are in the suburbs of the town lry fire against ontoon bridgesThe statement reads: surgeon-general kept him a great part and have captured German first line thrown across the lave, and their Italian theater: In the Setti Cm of the time in Washington. trenches besides enemy barracks and bombing airships also have caused muni the fighting activity of the enem: A few weeks ago he was promoted a hospital. Further south the French trouble for the allies. The allies not yesterday was limited to isolatet to be a lieutenant-colonel and later are matching northeastward between only have had to battle against the thrusts which were epulsed. sailed for France with Gen Noble the Guise and Marie and threaten to ut- swift river current, but also to contend oithe renta a t new %ur goon-gelleral of the A- PD. F. flank both points by smaahing all the with the renewal of the pontoons and rgn nafotsxyklmtr His safe arrival in France. as an- way through the Hunding position. footbridges damaged by the Austrians. (about thirty-sevenmls id.I h nounoed through the Washington die- Since the beginning of his advance Once across the river, the allies have mountains betweenteBet n h patch, w l be a source of ratlfa- between the Otse and the Serre, Gen. had to overcome strong Austrian trench Pave all enemy ssaults againfailed tion to his host of friends, There is lebeney has moved forward mrore positions and machine gun posts. The Strnkuppe, suh o otn no one who has brought more ditinc- than five miles on a front of about Austrian prisoners declare they know Secce which -wa ost n t e I tion to his native city end state and sixteen miles. -nothing of the politiced situation at was reciprocated b one fak to his profession than Col, Haggard, home and the efforts of their govern- and its defend rs captured. who is-ranked throughout the country ALONG THE SERRE. mert to arrange an armistice. The "Ale attack oy the eiet +at the very top of.the medicad pro-. ln h ereteeeyei Austrian army. postoffice is said to was launched aftertesrnetatl geslon. deAlocontenue t hder n ed have stopped the delivery of mail some lOC7 pneiarht n Aarte. asnTnue C E w d. t e r ago..ea tam ago. ecte weaa araasthe FrencE wan offic says Although facing a heavy cannonade aeemy detadhittefissccee i an AVITOR Award alon: thArIne to the Argonne ing of the Piave. The British, Italien the 4retirion of Orave dP French pressure is maintained. Ger- and French soldiers are in the best of the British thrust forward as f a ERCTF un bea tobombard the spirits and eager to continue the ad- Tezwe and,San Polo di Piave. T iAmerican lines in teVerdun region vac.break Through on a front of two kiloharly ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ l Ted.Th Amrcn rt- alethe roads leading to the mown. mtr a ardofo h lb ______________ ~tames or the Piave are crowded with by our- troops. Fres ihighsbe (Continued on Page Twelve.) heavy masses of troops, guns and other on oal his morning os sens Persh R eports Three " war material proceeding to the front in haekan front: Wi hdrawal of our Gen. -Prhn eot he Eorderly fashion."lknfot "LU BAN TO BE * The resent battle of the Piave be. troops in Serbia is ta ing place withBoche Machines Brought " Ban officually Oct. 19, but heavy fight- out distprbance from herenemy a ing did not develop until Oct.24. the there was fightin} etrdy ol Down by Airmen. LIFTED N FRIDAY tinning of the fretareat to the Pive Theno ing have been reserved in their com- g Washington. Oct. 29.-i-f(By Interna-- ments. owing to weather ccouditions, Rome, Oct. 29.-(By International toaNesService >-rAmeriean avia- - Nashille's ban on public meetings wihnthreatened a rse ina t he as New Servloe.)Advanein patol son tor# brosulit dawn three enemy planes ad amusement places because of the last two days. the river has been left Gano. according to unofficial reports and -one observationl balloon in the inluenza epldenuiQ willber lited cm- sveralt /me behind in the region frcm the font this afteno on P+ein ers n isoe - uni s a OhfWlO ddtismoVnais ier frnto sity ioeer c try dprntoa y. h be tat.q o.fC Deuiaux of ta he atlcnine Thenerbttelron nwuxtnd ion hveo etered tola p ie.Yth euse, be w rei.o win& to th m rkedg ied~o at the war oie to' gtnwsrde ha eetronars addsnrs Inn of pmeoheeto ais te bn n as te.Pive "Seio n A.Onrthe.e~nfot h rdyise fSna.a a Tebtl otne iredr daywa mred by hev atiller heTOr beTen -Pnoncd.trig"" las n igh ndtdy n s n ssm s and dot down tft enemy airplaes...... lence the fan eth ~hab ahiOirt. anyd oe observat Ubon.' 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