New Britain herald., 1915-08-03

terrible than some of the bloody bat ties of early July along the Ausuro- Italian frontier
 AHoat With Bodies.
 A picture of the green Isonzo liter ally af1oat with bodies, of the meadows and fields along it's course a veritable shambles. of whole companies and battalions wiped out of existence on both sides, of night attacks checked by -ghost-like searchlights, and of ar tillery fire whitening and destroying everything in it's path, is drawn by Leonhard Adelt correspondent Of the Berliner Tageblatt. in a despatch from the Isonzo frontier.
 Adelt sketches dramatically the events leading up to the fearful Italian attacks. the secrecy of the prepara- tions, the terrible strain of withstand ing them when they did come, and the bravery displayed oh both sides. His despatch is in part as follows:
 DaImatians Prove Herpes.
 Tn single file the Dalmatians groped their way up the path through the woods to the Saddle of the Playa Heights. Soon they could hear the rasp of spades and the hack of picks, and took their appointed places in the shelters that, shot to pieces by the the Italians in the day time are re- paired each night.
 'On the night of July it was un- usually still on both sides The ghost like arm of our Searchlight groped its way along the Qualifications of the enemy, the bags of sand in which looked like rows of dead men, The white shaft of light in one of its Jour neys revealed the enemy's sappers, lying flat behind rocks, their faces distinguishable through a glass in the bright light.
 Italian Sappcrs Annihilated.
 They had placed iron tubes with explosive under the barbed wire en- tanglements. and when they found themselves discovered they rose fear lessly and advanced A few of the mines exploded, carrying upward tangled wires, posts and stones. But before the Italians could get to our trenches the rifles opened fire and the sappers dropped. annihilated
 Behind the ruin of every house in Oslavija, Gradiscutta and Podgora, be- hind every stone and bush there were Italians. Their number grew to an entire corps, three infantry divisions.
 Their catapults spat mines into our and at night smaller groups assailed our positions with hand grenades and rifle fire. All through July 5 the cannons thundered about us. Again and again they made dirt heaps of our covering and graves of our shelters. The howitzer shells acted much like sword that mows rNf der their shelter there advanced to- ward us from Oslavija column after column of the enemy.
 Proposition looked impossible and retreat out of the question, yet the Dalmatians, the Hungarians and the. Croatians did resist, outlasted the death zone, dug them selves out of living graves into which they had been catapulted, and met the enemy with a lightning fire that deci- mated the attacking lines. They held the position all that day and until the attack stopped at night.
 While an entire Italian army corps were trying to force the northern en- trance to Gorizia, not less than three army corps were trying to get at It from the south, by route which has as its pivot the Plateau of Doberdo.
 Sixty Shots Minute.
 Another general attack was pre- faced agani by a bombardment by can non of all calibres. Tn some x, spots more than sixty shots minute were counted. Two divisions then stormed the front lines between Sagrado and Vermegliano, and one regiment each at Polazzo and Redipuglia But the Croatisn troops, in bitter counter at tacks, drove the Italians back into the plains Of the Isonzo, and even cap- tured their machine guns.
 July 5 brought not only a bom- bardment of Redipuglia but a night attack as well, which was repulsed. On July 4 and the siege operations against the great natural bastion of Doberdo turned into huge field con f1ict
 Italians Crest Hill.
 "The night of the sixth five strong divisions fo Italians advanced against the Croatians, who were inferior in numbers and robbed of their shelters by the Italian artillery bombardment Discharging their rifles and machine guns until the muzzles threatened to burst they met the onslaught, literally moving down as with scythes whole columns. but the gaping holes con- tinued to fill up, and the Italian flood swept on. crested the first hill and threatened to engulf the exhausted de- lenders.
 Every available reserve was thrown into the breach, and by almost super human efforts it was possible to bring the enemy to a halt and then to throw him back. There the Italians took refuge behind bags of san67 that had been brought along, and res ed, await ing another day and endorsements.
 Thousands Lose Lives.
 Dawn broke noce more, and the bloody dusty warriors rose wearily