Italy

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 41, 23 May 1916, Page 5

Italy

THE AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE FURTHER SUCCESSES CLAIMED. f UniTl’T) PkKß* AhHoOIATIOK 1 Amsterdam, May 21. An Austrian communique claims further successes. It says ; We captured the summit of Armenterra ridge and also the summits of Cimadialgh and Cimadinesole. We drove out the enemy from the Borcola Pass, and wo occupied Angtribeni, in the Brand Valley. THE ASSAULTS BROKEN. CONFIDENCE OF THE ITALIANS. Rome, May 22. A semi-official statement says: What the Austrians boast of as definite successes were inevitable progress in their first offensive, but the history of all offensives in the. war show that they are inevitably followed by long and exhausting checks. All the Austrian attempts have been broken, and they have suffered cruel and heavy losses. We regard the development of the present operations with full confidence.

A communique says: After a bombardment by the enemy on Bonczugna they hurled three huge masses to the attack, but after a desperate engagement they were driven back with enormous losses. There has been an intense artillery action against our lines from Pasubeo to Terragnolo, and fierce infantry attacks from Astitno to Brenta, which our troops stubbornly held up, inflicting heavy losses and recapturing a number of small forts.

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