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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 28, 1917.
GERMANY CLAIMS
CAPTURE OF 60,000
ITALIAN TROOPS
Kaiser's Last Desperate Blow to Compel a Favorable
Peace Brings Enormous Losses to General Cador
na's Command ; Allies Press Forward A!ong
Entire Western Front.
Berlin, Oct. 27. (Via London) Sixty thousand Italians
have been taken prisoners by the Austrian-German forces in
their offensive on the Italian front, army headquarters an-
nounced today.
Guns to the number of 450 have been captured.
Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary
is commanding the attacking
Auatro German army which, the
statement says, is pressing toward the
Italian plain through the spurs of the
Julian Alps.
CAPTURE STOL RIDGE.
The mountain ridge of Stol has
been captured from the Italians, as has
also the summit of Mount Matajur,
says the official statement.
The statement claims the defeat of
the Second Italian army and that the
Isonzo front of the Italians is im
periled as far as Wippach.
NOT YET DANGEROUS.
(By Auorlntrd I'rraiO
French successes, on the Aisne and
British pressure in Flanders are off
set for the moment by the Austro
German blow against the left wing of
the Italian forces of the Isonzo.
However, the latest Teuton effort
has not yet progressed far enough to
be called dangerous to the future suc
cess of the allied arms.
AT FIRST OVERWHELMED.
General Cadorna's men were over
whelmed seemingly by the massed
blow of heavily reinforced Austrian
divisions under the command, it is
reported, of Field Marshal von Mack
ensen, the leadc of two successful
offensives against the Russians.
The Italian leader probably consid
ered it better to withdraw his bat
tered soldiers from the sharp curve
in the Isonzo northwest and south
west of Tolmino to a line from Monte
Maggiore to Auzza. than to attempt
to hold the Austro-Germans where,
if they were able tc continue their
successes, the whole Italian campaign
along the Isonzo might be nullified.
Rome Is Reticent.
Berlin claims that the advance con
tinues and that captures of men and
material increase hourly. The latest
official communication reports the
capture of more than 60,000 prisoners
and 450 guns. Rome is reticent con
cerning actual fighting operations, ad
mitting only that the Italians under
pressure have withdrawn to the Monte
Maggiore-Auzza line, and that it has
been necessary to evacuate the Bain
sizza plateau, northeast of Gorizia.
The Austro-German blow appar
ently it a final effort to conquer one
of the Strong allied nations in an at
tempt to bring about a favorable
peace. The effort against Russia, de
spSte the poor morale of the Russian
army, cannot be said to have been
greatly successful as a means of
bringing about pease. In France the
Germans cannot advance, but, on the
contrary, have slowly been giving up
valuable strategic positions. The fi
nal hope apparently was in aiding war
weary Austria in crushing Italy.
Petain's Smash Efective.
The effectiveness of General Pe
tain's smash on the Aisne southwest
of Laon is shown by the fact that the
German crown prince has not at
tempted counter attacks. The French
art extending their gains eastward
along the plateau north of the Chem-in-des-Dames
while organizing their
new positions for further action.
Under a heavy downpour of rain
the Anglo-French troops have carried
out a successful minor movement in
the Ypres salient, capturing more
than 800 prisoners.
Plan to Evacuate Helsingfors.
Petrograd, -Oct 27.,-Preparations
are being made in Helsingfors for the
evacuation of that city, according to
a telegram received here.
French Attain All Objectives. v
With the French Armies in France,
Oct 27. However great may be the
praise bestowed on the French troops
for the brilliance of their victory over
the Germans north of the Aisne this
week, ii is too small an appreciation
of their herculean efforts in the face
of one of the most difficult tasks of
the war. This is the opinion hot
only of their immediate chiefs, but of
all who have seen them at work.
Fronting them were the finest divi
sions of the German crown prince's
army, occupying ,sitions that were
stron; 'y fortified and haviiiR t'
1 -encst appreciation of their value.
No; ' .standing this, the French
not only si. in attainin " y
objective set thei.., but exceede ' die
pes of the rost sanguine and ad-
.Hired 1 ond tiie pointed places.
More than 11,000 prisoners alrea 'y
have been counted and .sent to the
rear. C;hers are coming in and larne
.ips still are hiding in subterran
ean shelters and their fate can only
be crpti'rc.
Dominate Town of Filain.
The French line now runs along
the southern side of the Aisne-Oise
canal without a break from westward
of the Auxaillon to I'argny-Filain,
while the town of Filain has been
completely dominated. The corre
spondent Friday watched the French
infantrymen, who, after four days of
almost uninterrupted fighting, were
busily employed digging themselves in
all along the new front. Their extra
ordinary exertions had not extin
guished their good humor and willing
ness. Notwithstanding privations and
suffering from weather conditions,
with icy cold rainstorms drenching
them at intervals, they worked with
pick and shovel as energetically as
they had done with riHe and grenade
during the furious battle.
The German artillery, which
showed activity Thursday evening,
was quieter Friday, because the
French batteries had mastered it. The
French superiority in this arm is
demonstrated by the proportion of
shell wounds to bullet wounds among
the French wounded. On this occasion
only three men were wounded by shell
splinters to one by the bullet, as com
pared with the ratio of 19 to 1 in the
battle around Verdun.
Enfiilade German Positions.
The French guns now are able to
enfilade the German positions in three
directions, namely toward Brancour,
northwest of Ailette-Le-Chateau, and
along the valley to Laon and through
the Ailette valley, menacing the Ger
man line on the Chemin-des-Dames
ridge. The canal on the borders of
which the French advance rested is
dry but forms a natural line of de
fense. The bridges and locks had
been destroyed during the previous
artillery fighting.
The Germans Thtirsdav night made
a strenuous effort to establish artillery
in the ravines behind the plateau but
were greatly discommoded by the
French bombardment, which left them
no respite and quickly silenced their
fire. The crown prince also hurried up i
infantry reinforcements to help his
distressed Prussian guard and other
divisions which had been badly
mauler1.
Germans Without Food.
Prisoners taken from the Empress
Elizabeth guard regiment declared
they had been without food three days j
and that all their olficers retired and
left them without commanders to
continue the fighting. Seven German
divisions altogether were engaged in
the opening day's battle and when
the German commanders saw utter de
feat staring them in the face they or
dered up, helter-skelter, other divi
sions from long distances. One oi
these was recently brought from Gali
cia and reached the battlefield in bat
talion driblets, many of which imme
diately were caught by the French
fire or were captured, and the other
merely added to the disorganization
among the retiring German troops.
The guards suffered very heavily,
but DrinciDallv bv beintr rantnreH fnt
the French noticed that they surren
dered more readily than the other
units. Llements of five fresh German
divisions were observed at various no
sitions on the front of the French to
day and the evident intention was no
ticeable on the part of the Germans
to offer strong resistance to a further
advance. For the moment, however,
me rrencii nave gained everything
they set out to gain and an afford to
await luture developments.
SouthSidePolice
Court Frowns on
Jovial Spectators
South Side police court clamped
on the lid.
Police Judge Fitzgerald and Prose
cutor Anheuser have announced they
win no longer tolerate persiflage,
friendly banter, jokes or "loud asides"
during court session, regardless of
the provocation .
That class of spectators which fre
quents police court for the fun it can
get out of it must hereafter stifle
its snickers and muzzle its smiles in
the South Side court.
Heretofore Judge Fitzgerald has
been somewhat lax with the jovial
offenders. A not of levity has fre
quently been sounded in the proceed
ings by witnesses and spectators. This
has teen partly brought about by
numerous bootlegging cases which
many times take a humourous turn.
The humor usually centers about
the evidence.
At the sight of a bottle of evidence
spectators have been accustomed to
lean forward in their seats and grin
expectantly.
An "ble sniffs, jokes, and Lughs
have followed the introduction of the
evidence and the defendant's state
ments. All this is changed by a recent an
nouncement by the judge that the
South Side police court will hence
forth be one of the most dignified
tribunals to be found anywhere, and
that he will not tolerate any non
sense. Spectators who have sought for
amusement there will have to look
elsewhere for entertainment, say the
South Side authorities.
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Washington, Oct. 27. Naval and
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a law giving it legal status, were an-
oard. They are: Navy, Rear Admiral
Taylor and Captain X. E. Irwin,
army, Major General George O.
Squier, Colonel E. A. Deeds and
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Brigadier General Jamin D. Foulois,
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