Italy

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 47, 30 May 1916, Page 5

Italy

THE OFFENSIVE CONTINUES. ITALIAN POSJTION SATISF^T I ;'' The ■ Anrf^s^ J SiMf v^en^)vinastijaii«v^l»W6. W&s-abandoned their mam line at Arsiro-Asiago .plateau. 2J^jjggJ upon Arsiro, where, they claim to have captured armored works °n the northern outskirts of Italy's situaMV Tlfe situation of our wings, however, is verv satisfactory. ; • . The Austrians suffered terribly in the attacks-on the Italian left, especially at Zugnatorta and Conizugna. The Austrians are utilising fifteen divisions on an offensive front of fifty miles between Lake Garda and BrenJjp. The nature \ of the -country. permit of a continuous line of trenches similar to those at Verffun. The chief handicap" of the Austrians is the lack of railways and good roads. Aterf6*iß .population in the district are calm and confident; soldiers are massing everywhere;.AUSTRIAN LOSSEMH F° RT * . : 'V,./'.,.- - ;r;:;.-';.^-; : '"' $, (Received Va.m*> h ffk ' 'Paris, May 29It is estimated that the Austrian losses on the Italian front since.-:* 14th amounted'to one hundred thotsand. • ':