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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 230, 17 June 1918, Page 5

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THE AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE j STATEMENT BY SIGNOR ! ORLANDO ! (ltcc. Juno 17, 1.30 a.m.) -•■ j .Rome, June 16. Signor Orlando, the--Italian Premier, I announced that Ihe Auslrm ofVensi\e j opened with a violent bombardment at 3 o'clock in tho morning. The infantry attack was launched at 7 o'clojk along | tho wholo line. Nearly the whole front, \ was engaged, sinco the olFciwi/e intends. ' • with equally cxtpmc violence from the ■ Astico to the Hrenta, thence to the Piave i along tho t'iasse, involving' Astico I Plateau, the Mount Grappa sector, and the plain. "Our troops ull'eml a magni- •! iicent resistance, and the Austrims failed ' ' to nchiero even tho preliminary miccpss j customary in crushing offensives."— Eeuter. , ; IN THTWEST ] GOOD WORK ON THE BRITISH j .FRONT j (Rec, June 17. 1.50 a.m.) London, .Tiino ,16. j I Sir Douglas Haig reports: "Wo took j I!Hi prisoners in successful operations on _ ! tho night of June 11, north of Bethujie. . ■ As a result of this attack wo gained : possession of the oieiny's forward posi- | lions on a front of two 'liles, tecuring i all our objectives. In the fighting report-. \ c(I on the morning of Juno 15, east of | Dieppe forwt, the enemy by a local at- ; lack under heavy bombardm >nt .ucceeded < j in driving in three of our advanced posts •. I west of Yieux Berquin. 'there's activo j hostile artillery activity east cf Arras, i and also north of Uethuno. We drove ■( down two of tho eneiny's aerop.a'jos Ml ;• ! June 11. Tho British lost two."— Aug.- ~ .; N.Z. Cable. Assn.-Kculer. } ' -FRESH SUCCESS- ; j !l!ec. Juno 17/1.50 a.m.) ; London, June 16. i A Erencli communique states: "SoutV j of tho Aisne local operations drove the ehemy from tho Coevres Valley, .which i wo captured. We gained ground east of .. . Mont Gobert, taking 130 prisoners and [ ten . ifiachine-giuis."—Au6.-Iv.Z, Cable Assn.-Eeuter. i mmmm ' | (Km. Juno 17, 1.50 a.m.) ' ' London, June 16. ! A wireless German official . report ! states: "The number of prisoners taken south of the Aisno is now forty-eight ; i officers and over two thousand men. I Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Aesn.-lteuter. THE NEW MENACE AT AMIENS ! (Ecu. June 17, 1;50 a.m.) 1 ; London, June 16. i The "Weekly Dispatch" states: "Tliera -wero no fewer than 120,000 German casualties in tho latest push, but the enemy s :, reserves are vast and stiU coming from tho East. Princo Eupprechts army, re- - inforced and equipped to ' ciency, is awaiting Von Ludeudorif s word to attack tho British at Amiens. — , United Service,