November 15, 1917

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1917, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Caporetto, British Empire, Chivata, Cismon, Edmund Allenby, First Battle of Monte Grappa, First Battle of the Piave, German East Africa, German Empire, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Joppa, occupation, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Piave, prisoners of war, Sugana Valley, Tanzania, Turkey, Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, weapons

Italian resistance on the Lower Piave stiffening; retreat in the Val Sugana, Cismon being occupied by the enemy. General Allenby three miles from Joppa; over 9,000 prisoners since October 31. British troops occupy Chivata, German East Africa. Announced British captures on all front since beginning of war, 166,000 prisoners and over 800 guns; total captured by British on Western front, 101,534 since July 1, 1916.

November 12, 1917

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1917, Allied War Council, Allies, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Caporetto, Brenta, British Prime Minister, evacuation, First Battle of Monte Grappa, First Battle of the Piave, Fonzaso, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Lloyd George, Paris, Piave, Romania, Serbia, Sugana Valley, Supreme War Council, Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, Venice, Zenson

Mr. Lloyd George in Paris on necessity for Allied War Council, to want of which he attributes Serbian, Rumanian, and Italian disasters. Enemy establish a bridgehead across the Lower Piave at Zenson, 20 miles north-east of Venice; Italians evacuate Fonzaso and part of the Val Sugana, overlooking the Brenta.

November 9, 1917

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1917, Allied War Council, Allies, Armando Diaz, Asiago, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Caporetto, British Empire, casualties, Ferdinand Foch, France, General Fayolle, Germany, Great Britain, Hebron, Italy, Jerusalem, Luigi Cadorna, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Piave, Rapallo Conference, Sir Henry Wilson, Sugana Valley, Supreme War Council, Trentino, Turkey, Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, weapons

Turks evacuate Wadi Hesi and Ascalon; they retreat on Hebron and Jerusalem with loss of 70 guns and 10,000 casualties. Italians on the Piave; enemy descent in Trentino, down the Val Sugana, taking ruins of Asiago; General Fayolle announced in command of French troops in Italy. Announced Allied Conference at Rapallo has decided to create a supreme political council of the Allies for the Western Front, to be assisted by a permanent Military Committee, consisting of Generals Foch, Cadorna, and Wilson; General Diaz succeeds Cadorna as Italian Generalissimo.

September 18, 1917

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1917, artillery, Austria-Hungary, Battle of Passchendaele, Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, Belgium, Flanders, Italy, prisoners of war, Sugana Valley, Trentino, Ypres

Great artillery activity in the Ypres sector. Italians capture 200 prisoners in the Val Sugana, Trentino front.