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... HARD FIGHTING, | • I ITALIANS BRILLIANTLY CARRY HEIGHTS. Received May 2S, 6.5 p.m. Rome, May 27. i 'An Italian official mesasge states: We extended our positions on the south part of tho plateau and maintained the positions captured in the other sector. All day long there was artillery ing along the whole "line. We. reaching a point beyond tlie Montfalcon-Duino railway, northeast of San Giovanui, and carried Hill 145. South-west) of Medeazza we captured field artillery and ammunition; also 81-2 prisoners. Northward of Jamiano theVe was a series of attacks and counter-attacks. We reached and passed Cautngnovizza, but concentrated artillery compelled us to evacuate it. We maintained our hold on the western boundary. Wq brilliantly carried heights at the head of the Palliova valley, in the Plava sector. ) OUT-WITTED AND OUTFOUGHT. ITALIANS' PASH AND RESOURCE. Times Service. Received May 28, 5.16 p.m. -.ondon, May 27.' An Italian headquarters correspondent states that the Italians outwitted and outfought the Austrians no the CarSo front, working a surprise flank attack, whereas the Austrians expected attack from north-east of Vallons. They .spent all the winter strengthening the defences where the Italians broke through in November. Last week the Austrians withdrew their tired forces and replaced them 'by fresh troops, to resist the expected attack, which was launched in such an unexpected direction that it resulted in tho capture of the general and the whole staff. ITALIAN SUPERIORITY. BRILLIANT BAYONET WORK. . BOMBARDING LAST BULWARK. RIOJS AT TRIESTE. Rome, May 27. Correspondents state that tho fighting 6n the Julian front is far more severe than any previously on the Italian front. It equalled in violence anything witnessed in the present war. The Austrians transported a number of divisions and a hundred guns from the Russian front, enabling them to make an unexpectedly strong resistance to the Italian offensive, but the Italians' dash and courage was magnificent and proved capable of overcoming all resistance. They were far superior to the enemy in hand-to-hand fighting, which was the principal feature of the 'battle. All tho positions were captured at the bayonet 3 point. The Austrian losses were far greater than any previously experienced, especially in the case of the Hungarians, several of whose regiments were almost completely wiped out. The Austrians had prepared a new system of defences higher up the mountains, behind the fortifications of Gorizia and Plava. The Anglo-Italian heavy artillery is pounding the formidable positions at Hermada, the last bulwark toward Trieste. The 'Austrians have hurried up two divisions, and the battle on the Oarso continues with extreme violence.^ Serious riots and open rebellion are reported at Trieste, owing to the , increased brutality of the police and military towards Italians, which is due to the Italian successes. Many civilians, including women, have been shot for expressing satisfaction at the success. EFFECT OF MONITORS' SHELLS. TRAIN DISAPPEARS IN RUINS. „ A GREAT .FIRE CAUSED. Received May 28, 6.20 p.m.i London, May 27. The Daily Chronicle's correspondent, describing the British monitors' part in assisting tho Italian at the Carso battle, says that from a station midwiiy up the Gulf of Venice their great guns were trained on aeroplane (hangars and multitudinal military estafolishmelits in tli© neighborhood of the villages of Prosecco and Contovello, and on the Trieste railway. The first shots damaged the railway and a travelling train vanished in ghastly ruins. The bombardment destroyed the hangars, a viaduct, and the railway station at Prosecco, and caused a great fire at Contovello. PRISONERS HARVESTING.. Rome, May 27. The Government will permit the employment of Austrian prisoners in harvesting work, especially in Siaily and Apulia, where labor is scarce
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