GREAT AUSTRIAN ATTACK

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3092, 24 May 1917, Page 5

GREAT AUSTRIAN ATTACK

s COUNTER-OFFENSIVE IN THE I " TRENTINO .10 ■ l'« _____________ in ! REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSSES it ■ IS [•- 1 ALLIES' WAR AIMS 5it I ;' FRENCH PREIER ON RUSSIA'S I VIEW-POINT I LOCAL ACTIONS IN THE WEST t■ ■ . L > The main feature, of interest in the war dispatches to-day comte from ! : the Austro-Italian theatre.. The Austrian attack in the Trentino, briefly referred to yesterday, developed into one of the most terrific onsets since 1 the war 'began. Designed as a counter-offensive to the jrreat Italian blow '. east of Gorizia, it cost the Aiietrians appalling- losses for the paltry gain of ; \ & few yards of trench. The Italian pressure on the Gorizia front etill continued, the terrific fighting in the Trentino notwithstanding. It now trans- ■ piree that a gigantic blow was to Iβ aimed at the Gorizia front by the ' Austrians towards the end of May, but Cadorna, undoubtedly a great ' strategist and mastor-tactician, forestalled the event by delivering his i How first, and as a result the Austrian commander has had an extremely 1 bad quarter of an ttoai\ with his Emperor. On the Western front the fighting has mainly consisted of local engagements, A strong attack by tho Germans on the recently-conquered territory in tho region of iforonvilliers 1 . was repuleed by the French, who took heavy toll of the enemy. There ' are no developments of material import elsewhere on tlio battle-fronts. 1 11. Eibot, the I'rcnch Premier, has made an interesting declaration a'l France's war aims, by way of comment upon a message from the Russian i Government setting forth tho letter's ideas on the subject. Meanwhile an insidious campaign in tho German press indicates a desire on the part of the Kaiser's Government to weaken Russia's union with the 'Allies.