Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-06-19
ITALIAN GUNS
DEMOL|SH|NG
BIC FORTRESS
MaIborgeth Defenses Are
Crum blin g--Airships
Raid Austrian Positions.
RUSSIAN FORCES MAKING
STAND TO HOLD LEMBERG
PetrOgrad Admits Russians
Have Retired Beyond Line
of Lakes at Grodek.

The Italian invasion of AustriA.
which is being pushed all along the
frontier, is said by newspapers OF
Rome to have resulted thus far Ia
the occupation of more than twice "a
much territory as was offered ~
Austria as the price of Ttnly's ilcut
trallty. A communication from the
Italian general staff states that the,
Austrian fortress of Malborgeth Is
being demolished. Malborgeth is
about twenty miles from Vi'lach.
This city, Trent and Trieste eonsu-
tute the three present objeetive
points of the Italians.
Along the Isonzo front the battle
on which hinges the fate of Triests
is assuming larger proportions. AUS
tria has sent out reinforcements 4
her finest troops A raid by It9liyn
seaplanes and dirigibles inflicted
considerable damage on Austrian for.
tifications and railway stations NJ thu
Isonzo front.
In Galicia the Russians are mg.king
a determined stand to hold Leuhperg,
the capital, from the onrushinfs AUS
tro-German armies. 1t is admitted
in Petrograd that the Russians have,
retired beyond the line of lakes near
Grodek, sixteen miles west of the
city. A German correspondent, how
ever sends word that the Russians
are fortifying heavily a line ten miles
west of Lemberg. The 2-000-ton Brit-
ish steamer Dulcie was sunk today
off Suffolk, England by. a German
submarine All the members of the
crew but one were saved.
BY the Associated Press.
ROME, June IS, via Paris, June H.
! 6:15 a. ma combined raid by an
Italian naval seaplane and dirigibies
upon Austrian positions on the Isonzo
front is described in an official stlte-
ment issued tonight at the war ofiics.
| Serious damage is said to have been
done to railroad stations and to AUS
! trian entertainments. All the ma
chimes returned safely to their bases.
! The Italians are reported to have
| gained further successes in the ifn-a
portant struggle which is develops
ing around PLAYA.
The communication follows:
During the day and night of the
18th the enemy tried by long range
artillery fire and small attacks to re-
duee some of our most advanced
positions in the Tyrol- -Trentino region
and Cadore He was repulsed and
! vigorously shelled by our artillery.
I'm Carnia we continued methods
cally to demolsh the fortress of NAL
borgeth with our artillery. On the
afternoon of the 18th the guns of the
! fortress tried to reply to our fire, but
| uaTa radnce1 to StIpurt ~
Further details continue to conIe
in concerning the action in the en-
virons of Monte Nero mentioned In
previous statements. These reports
show that our mountain troops per-
formed most praiseworthy exploits
When military reasons no longer prs
vent full account being given the
country will learn that not only this
mountain troops but other corps have
won on several occasions the right
to its fullest gratitude.
4 ION the IsonZo front the struggle
around PLAYA is assuming larger pro-
portions and the Importance of the
success we have gained there be-
comes more and more evident.
naval battery shelled enemy batteries
near Puino (on the gulf of Triest. be-
tween Monfalcone and Triest) with
considerable effect.
ION the night of the nth, while a
naval seaplane was engag ged in de-
stroylng the railroad station at Di-
vaca Junction of the Istrian rail-
way) our dirigibles made an incur
sion over the enemy's territory. bonn
harding with great effect. 1t appears.
positions at Monte Santo and en-
trenchments facing Gradisca. Ex-
tensive damage also was done the
Ovcladeaga station on the railroad
, from Gorizia to Dornberg All the
machines returned unscathed.'
, PETROGRAD. June Is (via Lon
don, June 10, 5:46 a. .).-Admissioh
Is made in an official statement Ia
I sued tonight at the war office th$c
, the Russians have retired beyond the
; line of lakes at Grodek, less than six,
teen miles west of Lemberg, their
last line of defense in front of the
Galician capital.
The communication follows:
"In the region of Muravievo and
Shawl and on the Dubysa engage
ments on the seventeenth resulted in
no important changes.
, "On the evening of the seven
teenth. on the Bzura and Rawka.
from Kozloff to VIOLA Szydlowieckq.
there were artillery duels.
Near Goumine the enemy spread q
cloud of asphyxiating gas on front
of six versts (four miles,.
son the right bank of the San our
troops retired, fighting, beyond the
river Taneff and the line of lakes at
Grodek.
: Between the Pruth and the Dnies-
ter, where the enemy crossed ths
frontier on the previous days, he has
: been driven back to Austrian terri
: tory"