FIERCE FIGHTING ON THE ITALIAN FRONT
AUSTRIAN ATTACKING COLUMNS WIPED OUT . MOUNTAIN POSITIONS LOST AND WON By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Itec. ,Ttine 1, 8.20 p.m.) Rome, Juno 1. General Cadorna reports: "The enemy has delivered violent attacks in tho Lagarina Valley, supported by a furious bombardment. Tho attacking columns were annihilated. Tho fichtiiig was fiercest at Pas-de-Buola, where tho Sicilian and Taro brigades several times dashed out of their 'trenches and drove tho enenij back by the bayonet. . i ' "A tattle is developing between rosin a, and the Tipper Astico. Tho enemy is concentrating his forces in tho Astico V alley. "Ail intense concentration o£ artillery obliged (lie Italians to evacuate Mount Priafora, but a desperate counter-atttack enabled us to regain possession of tho position. Nevertheless the violent fire of tho enemy's artillery forced us to fall hack slightly on the southern slopes of tho mountain, ■ ff We hava also evacuated Pinta Cor bin, on the Asiago Platean."
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2786, 2 June 1916, Page 5
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157FIERCE FIGHTING ON THE ITALIAN FRONT Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2786, 2 June 1916, Page 5
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