Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-26
ITALIAN FORCES
INVADE AUSTRIA
Towns Of Csporetto, Commons, Cen'
vagnano and Terzo, Near Head
of Gulf Of Trieste.
PORT OF BUso IS BoMBARDED

ROME, May Via Paris -
Official announcement was made by
the war office today that Italian
forces had penetrated Austria, occu-
pying Caporetto, the heights between
the Judnio and Isonzo, and the towns
Of Commons, Cervignano and Terzo.
The statement says these operations
took place yesterday in the Austrian
crownland OF Carniolo and IN the Friuli
district. 1t reads
On the Carniolo front Austrian artu-
lery opened fire against our positions
aithout results During the day OF May
- our artillery fired on positions occu-
pied BY artillery of the enemy.
''On the Friuli front our troops advanced
everywhere and encountered only feeble
resistance We have occupied Caporetto.
the heights between the Idria and lsonzo
riyers. Commons, Cervigano and Terzo.
The enemy withdrew, destroying bridges
and burning houses.
our torpedo destroyers opened fire
against the enemy's attachments at the
port OF Russo. and have disembar
troops We have captured seventy Aus
TRANS who had been sent to Venice. our
losses were one dead and some wounded "
The towns OF Caporetto. Commons, Ger
vignano and Terzo are in Austrian terri
tory. two or three miles from the Italian
border line. They stretch along the from
tier on a line running north from the
head OF the gulf OF Triest. The Aus
trian town OF Corr il five miles 10 the
cast OF Commons and Triest itself Is
twenty-fle miles from the border line.
The railroads running east and west pass
through Cormons and TerZo.
Port Of Buso Rzided.
ROME, May A-Cvia Paris, May ~
Toe following official statement was IL
sued tonight by the Italian general staff
An Italian destroyer entered the port
OF Buso. near the Austrian frontier ant
destroyed tho landing stages. the railroad
station and barracks as we'll as all motor
boats in the harbor. The destroyer was
not damaged and none OF the crew wa'
wounded. 1--WE Of the enemy were killed
and we took forty-seveu prisoners In
Guiding an officer and fifteen non-com
rnlssioned officers. who were brought &c
Venice.
According to supplementary informa
ton received the two enemy acceptance
which appeared over Venice this morn
ing dropped eleven bombs without causini
serious damage. The fire from our de
lenses pat them to fllEht. The damage q
the railroad caused by the attacks OF war
ships and aeroplanes in the early hour
OF the morning was unimportant and al
ready has been repaired.
Tho Austrian cannonade sank a Ger
man steamer In the harbor at Ancona."
Several wounded I'm Venice.
WASHINGTON, May 25.-AmericaT
Consul Carroll at Venice cabled the stat'
DEPARTMENT today that German and Aus
TRAN aeroplanes. which few over th'
city yesterday dropping bombs, inJurec
several peasants. but no Americans. Tn
Italians returned the fire with machin
guns and shyapnel
The State department issued this state
mont:
The American consul at Venice ha
telegraphed that on May % German AM
Austrian aeroplanes made a scouting at
tack on Venice at dawn. Several bomb
wounded. one bomb falling near the ar
senal and another az San Nicoietto 4
Lodi. In The water. One aeroplAne floV
directly over the consulate amid a ha
OF machine guns, shrepnel and shell firs
The consul reports that there was n
sign Of panic among the citizens. VIII
watched the fight through glasses"