ASTRIAN ATTACK ON ITALIAN POSITIONS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2777, 22 May 1916, Page 5

ASTRIAN ATTACK ON ITALIAN POSITIONS

FURIOUS BOMBARDMENT J .1 ITALIANS FORCED TO EVACUATE THEIR ADVANCED ' LINES v , i (fiec. May 21, 5.5 p.m.) Off Wal—After three days of the most furious bombardment we Zugnat ji, which is in rnins. We evacnated similarly the line Montemaggio to 'Saglicd. ispio, which is on the Upper Astico. In tho Sugana Valley the enemy was ! every wttoe repulsed. ■ AUSTRIAN COMMUNIQUE CLAIMS BIG CAPTURES ,'. ' '■ ' ' (Eec. May 21, 5.5 p.m.) , : , .I ' ; . • A - ~ , Amsterdam, May 20. An Aistrian.communique says: Our attacks on the South Tyrolian frontier continually gain ground. The forces advancing between Astach and tho Ledro Val,ley drove>. the enemy back on the entire frdrit, capturing two armoured redoubts Sinoe the ipttack ive have taken prisoner ten thousand men and captured sixty gunq and fifty-one Machine-guns. ON A FRONT OF FORT Y-FIVE MILES. ', 'Vl ' . . (Rec. May 21, 5.5 p.m.). < 1 London Mav 19 . The "Djiily Telegraph 8 Rome correspondent says the Austrian offensive extends from Monteperi, west of Lake Garda to Cimadodici, east of the lake on a front of, fort j'-fivo miles, supjjorted by thousands of.guns and forty permanent forts alLof which! axe on the principal points of'rattack in the Ledro Valley Zu»ni' Orta below .ttovereto. and the Sugana Valley. The battle was mostly on All's trian territory. Tho enemy advances in masses. Tho battle began on Monday and raged w:ith fury until-Wednesday, and then lessened. The Austrian dead are feet high., I PRINCIPAL DEFENSIVE POSITIONS OF THE ITALIANS ■ INTACT. . ; (Bee. May 21, 5.5 p.m.) : ' Tho' "Gioniale d'ltalia" says , the five days' Austrian offensive cosMhe enemy heavy losses. I'hey gained certain advanced positions after <treat artillery preparation, -but nowhjisre displaced the principal defensive positions.' Continuance of the attacks will be\an exhausting bleediij process satisfactory to ourselves . Advices froili Switzarland state,that the Austrians have denuded Macedonia and portions off the Eussian. front for the Italian offensive. ENEM|Y ATTACKS REPULSED BY THE ITALIANS. ' (R«c. May C 2, 0.10 a.m.) . , \ w , • Rome, May 21. An Italian communique says: We repulsed attacks between the Adige and the Terragnolo Valle.s', and withstood the offensive between the latter and the TJptoer Astico, also on Asiago Plateau, An' air raid aaused slight casualties at Cividale nnd Alorano. • i r— Another austrian communique. (Rec. May ,52, 0.15 a.m) ... Amsterdam, May 21. An Austrian coipmunigue says: We entered Koncegno, captured Sassoalto and expelled the enemy 1 ' from Colsanto. ' Since the outsets we have made prisoners of 257 officers and 12,000 men and captured 107 guns. 1 , '