Italy

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 28, 28 December 1917, Page 5

Italy

POSITIONS RECAPTURED AND LOST.

Press Assn.—Copyright.—Australian and N..Z. Cable Assn, and Reuter. London, December 26.

Wireless Italian official: The struggle on the Asiago plateau re-com-menced. at dawn yesterday. The enemy concentrated between Col del Rosso and the Val Franzela, but ho was unable to advance beyond Sassoc. We recaptured the Col del Rosso and Monte Valbelo, but were unable to retain them. Our barrage checked attacks on the left bank of the lirenta river. w A. 4 ■ SLAUGHTERED IN THE SNOW. London. December 26. A wireless message from Romo states that snow is falling abundantly throughout Italy, General Conrad’s offensive .on'the Asiago plateau is considered to have failed, the latest attacks being fatal for the Austrians. General Conrad marched bis troops, not to attack, but to slaughter, under showers ol shells from hundreds of Italian, gups, approximately twenty thousand being sacrificed uselessly on Christmas Eve. Ihe impression 'created evas that it, was disastrous, even at the \atican. where such a crime was not expected from verv Catholic Austria,