ITALIANS MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3088, 19 May 1917, Page 7

ITALIANS MAKE FURTHER PROGRESS

TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT . Lontioji, May 17. There was a. preliminary Italian bombardment for Hfty-six hours between I Tolmino and the sea. The enemy apparently evpeoted the main attack on the I Carso and east of Gorizia, where they had massed fifteen hundred suns. The principal attack, however, was on the J?Java sector, where the Isonzo runs between steep hills. The enemy held the entire left bank, except at the- Plava. bridgehead, where the Kalians established themselves early in the war. though they have been -unable to enlargetho bridgehead since. Tho Italian guns and trench mortars smashed the Austrian position, and on Sunday the Italians bridged the Isonzo below Plava, and on Monday crossed uninterruptedly, though the Austrian shells filled thfe. valley—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ~ ' / Rome, May 1". The Italians made .further important progress on the third day of the battle, and many prisoners were taken. The Anstrians are using new and better guns. Many troops have arrived from the Russian front.—Aus.-.\ T .Z. Cable _Assn. ENEMY'S MASSED ATTACKS REPULSED OVER. FOUR THOUSAND PRISONERS IN THREE DAYS. (Rec. May 18, 7.30 p.m.) London, May 18. An -Italian official messago says: "There was bitter fighting between Monts C-ucco and Vodice, where Hie enemy's repeated massed attacks were repulsed. Wo retain the bastion of Mont Cuceo from Height Blfl to Height 52-1. We progrossed towards the important summit of Height G52 on Mont Vodiee. "The ouemy counter-attacks eastward of Gorizia were broken. We occupied an important height southward of Grazigna and repulsed a serious and powerful attack in the northern sector of tho Carso. In three days wo made prisoners of 4031.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Kouter. INFANTRY CARRY HEIGHTS ROUND GORITZIA. (Rec. May 18, 6.30 p.m.) Rome, Mary 17. Italian infantry by a. rush, supported by a heavy barrage, . carried all the heights round Gorizia. The Austrians in the last moments concentrated a deadly fire on .Gorizia, where there was enormous damage.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. *