Evening star., 1916-08-10
ITALIANS PURSUE
ENEMY WITH WGOR
!. MENAC|NG TRIESTE
About 81, 900 Prisoners Taken
in Operations of the Past
Few Days.
ROME'S FORCES GAINING
IN SAN MICHELE SECTION
Successes Registered Also Near San
Martino-Boschini Is
Occupied.
STORY OF eoR1z1A FIGHT
Conflict Raging in Isonzo Regions
Has Been Marked by
Sanguinary Char
acter.

LONDON, August 10.-News
from the Isonzo front indicates
that the army of the Duke Of
Aosta is rapidly following up the
notable success won by the
Italians in the capture of the
Austrian stronghold of Gorilla.
1t was announced the Duke of
Aosta was accompanied by King
Victor Emmanuel when he en-
tered the city.
Italian troops are reported in
force over the Isonzo, vigor-
ously pursuing the. retreating
Austrians, whose big seaport of
Trieste, twenty-five miles to the
southeast, is threatened.
The Italians have pierced the
strong Austrian entertainments
northeast of San Michele and
near the village of San Martino.
They have occupied Boschini.
The statement says that more
than 1900 Austrians have been
captured in these operations.
About 10000 prisoners were
captured by the Italians at Co.
rizia, according to an official an
nouncement by the war Office.
The statement says an accurate
estimate is impossible at present
as numbers of prisoners are be-
ing brought in, hourly.
City Not Destroyed.
Notwithstanding the desperate fighting
around Gorizia, the city itself was not
burned by the Austrians or destroyed by
the Italian artillery fire. nor were the in
habitants injured, these. to the number Of
10000. having previously evacuated the
city. It was the desire of Gen. Cadorna to
save Gorilla from destruction by the re-
treating Austrians. and to that end he
employed strategy. After taking the
mountain tops of San Michele and Sabo-
tino he attacked Gorizia not only from the
front across the Isonzo. but also from the
sides and rear. When the Duke of Aosta.
commander Of the third army. who was
present during the three days of fighting.
entered the city after forcing the bridge
across the river, at the head of cavalry
and cycle corps. Gorizia was found to be
save by great numbers of wound
ed and dying Austrians on the outskirts.
The duke was accompanied by his cousin.
the king. The only damage done by the
Austrians was that occasioned by their
attempts to destroy military buildings
filled with large quantities Of supplies.
aorizia Operations.
The operations which led up to the
capture of Gorilla by the Italians are
described in the following Official mar
rative given out in Rome:
THE attack began on August in
the Monfalcone section, against hills
SIS and 131, east of Rocca. We stormed
a very powerful enemy works there.
taking 143 prisoners. but the adver-
sary had placed in abandoned trenches
quantities of bombs, which exploded.
lust as our troops entered the cap
tured lines. Heavy masses of the en-
emy then made counter attacks and >
our troops. stupefed or asPhyxiated
by the gas, were forced to fail back
to their own trenches.
"On August the artillery sounded
the enemys whole front with the OBJ
ject of distracting his attention and
morning of August our batteries
opened fire simultaneously on the
rocky barrier which from Sabotino to
Cayario defends the lsonzo and Gorilla
to the west and against Monte san
Michele, which forms the northern
edee of the Gorizian Carso. The ar
tiIiery action of this day, long and
carefully worked out, represented q
perfect example of concentrated hrs
against fortified lines
Enemy Positions Marked OF.
Thanks to our aviators and to the
of battery officers, the
nos,t,ons of the enemy had all been
marked of clearly on target maps and
ranges for the extension and lengthen-
H.. of fire had been calculated with
the greatest nicely. Thus at the ap-
no;nted time a veritable tempest of
.hellss fell in a wholly unexpected
s,anner on the positions of the enemy.
everything systematically.
Infantry columns then advanced
with customary dash. well supported
Nv a curtain of fire of our artillery. and
.srried the entire formidable Sabotino
amnart. the point which forms the
BASE Of the Gorjzia bridgehead. On the
lob tn ha
west they stormed the defenses of
rsIayfa and of the summit Of Hill 20s,
~hich command GraffenburE. On the
,lain they drove In defensive line be-
tween the southern border Of Podgora
.nd the Isonse. They also attacked on
he right bank of the river as far as 81.
Andrea On the southern border of the