The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-28
AUSTRIANS BATTER
FORTS AT ARSIERO
Capture ArmOred Works
Guarding Italian City, Head
Of Railway to Vicenza.
TEN MILES FROM SCH1O
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LorpoN. May g7.-rhe centre OF the
Austrian army sweeping down the Arsa
Valley hss battered down the outer
f~ortincations OF Arsiero. while a strong
force to the west Is less than ten miles
from Schio. These two points are the
northern terminals Of the railroad sys-
tenn which has it's centre at Vicenza, the
Austrian objective.
The theatre Of lighting Is passing from
the dinicuit mountain regions TO the
open area OF the northern italian plain.
the Austrians evidently being determined
to force their opponents to make y stand
In AN open field battle or withdraw
their whole defensive line.
The Austrian War Office late Tonight
issued the following statement:
The armored works OF Arsiero and
street barbados southwest Of Baca-
rola have been captured.
We occupied Monte Mochiccc. pcne-
tratirg to Krinsmaora.
The number OF guns captured has
been increased to 2sA.
The storinlng OF an extensive noun.
tain ridge on the Trentino front. with
the capture Of $500 Italians, four guns
four machine guns II y quantity oil
war material. Is reported in an earlier
report Of the Austrian War once. which
reads AS follows:
We rave gained a new crest sue
cess on the Italian front, capturing
tho entire mountain ridge from Corni.
campo Verde tn Monte Meats Gin the
Val d'Assa). The enemy suffered
s%anguinsry Losses. We captured more
than 1850 prisoners. four guis. four
machine guns, 200 bicycles and much
other material.
Dispatches from Vienna late this
afternoon stHtei that the Austrian forc'
which captured Chiesa last Wednesday
il now less than ten miles from thu
Italian city Of schio.
The following official statement va
issued last night 10y the Italian Wa
Dftcr:
Yesterday the situation was sta
tiouary, We repulsed small enemy
attacks in the Molina Valley near the
Ledro Valley. against SerraNall" and
Buole Pass. in the I.argarina Valley,
and III the Posina sector, where our
machine gun fire annih,ldied Two
companies.
on the Asisgo heights there was In
. tense dctlun OF i've eItHs dli'icis
against Monte Verona. Yesterday
TN. battle ragged along VI line east
of the ASA Valley. IN the Sugdna
Valley on the afternoon Of May % We
evacuated an advanced position on
Mount Ciyaron ~ an orderly manner
Yesterday morning An enemy '"l-
umr attacked our lines east ot tn"
Calaiuerto Valley In the valley our
brave Alpine troops checked the at
tack aud made AN imp.tuous couI'rr
attack. iutictiug the heaviest losses
and TAXING . hundred prisoners and
two machine guns
I'm the Monte Nero zone on the n'ght
81 May - the 'ns'nN attacked our
Nrsic trenches and succeeded IN xaiu-
inS temporary fupthoii. When -
endorsements arriyer. after a violent
counter sttaHk "" completely drO,.
out the enemy, iakiug forty PRISONERS
and tvu machine guns.
Artillery actions took place On the
upper Hut and III the Piava sector
Enemy a.roplanes shtlied Grade
Lagoon without lnjuring any one or
dong any damage our sS'iatrois
bomharded and destroyed enemy stores
Ia d.pots IN The Gail Valley,