THE ITALIAN FRONT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4876, 23 May 1918, Page 5

THE ITALIAN FRONT.

ENEMY OFFENSIVE EXPECTED. DEFENDERS FULL OF CONFIDENCE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association NEW YORK, May 21, The New York Times 1 Rome correspondent says the enemy’s bombardment is more intense in the mountain region, where an attack on a grand scale is expected ilyItalian aviators report tremendous concentrations of enemy troops and material. The weather is clearing and will enable the offensive to begin. Tho Italians are most confident of their ability 7 to repel the assaults. STORMING PARTIES CAPTURE TRENCH. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter's. ROME. May 21. Italian official: One of our storming parties on Sunday night captured a portion of a trench at Caposile. We heavily repulsed strong counterattacks in the morning. Allied airmen dropped _ eight tons of bombs on military objectives in the Val Sugana. FURTHER ITALIAN SUCCESSES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter’s. (Received May 22, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 21. An Italian official message states: We defeated the enemy, who twice attacked on tlie southern slopes of Sassorosso. Our thrust in the direction of Fener inflicted considerable losses. We carried out a successful coup de main on Mount Seninonc’a. almost, destroying the garrison and the lines of Caposile. Allied airmen downed nine aeroplanes.