Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-13
ITALIANS PUSH FORWARD
ON CARSO PLATEAU; CAPTURE
l77l ADDITIONAL PRISONERS

NhoMIas Ikf. IT,.
Further progress on the lines before
Trieste was announced last nIxht by the
War Onice. The communication reads.
on the front OF the Julian Aims the
enemy with fresh troops launched n
series OF attacks upon the most import.
ant points, In the line which we had
captured east Of vertoihizza, on the
Carso. Attacked by the fre of our ar.
tillery they were repulscd each time.
incurring very serious losses
During the afternoon our infantry,
by new and vigorous assaults. enlarged
and completed tho conquest Of the pre-.
vious day. especially In the zone OF
Sober. Gorilla and on the slopes Of
Hills ai3 and it4. TO the east OF the
village Of Nova villa. on the Carso
we have taken ans additional i7Ti
prisoners, including thirty-nve officers
In all. we have captured on the front
OF the Julian Alps from August s 10
the present time total OF 3O.Ssl
prisoners OF whom 726 were officers
on the Aslago plateau Italian de-
tachments penetrated enemy trenches
In the Cascra zeebo region. wrecked
the positions and returned 20 their own
lines. In the direction OF the source
OF the vanol on Tuesday evening. after
intense artillery preparation the enemy
launched four successive attacks OF
ever-increasing violence.
An attempt Of the enemy 10 attack
our positions In the Arsa Valley was
frustrated Immediately. Fresh enemy
counter-attacks on the northern slopes
OF Monte Pasubio were repulsed imme-
diately by our troops. The enemy suf-
fered enormous losses
MILAN. oct. lathe new push on IN,
Carso will relieve Austro- Hungarian pres
sure against Rumania The RumRnian cause
is dear to Italian hearts, and popular feel
ing, In northern Italy at any rate, Is wax
ing wroth over the seemingly excessive re
gard shown by the Allies for Greek sus
capabilities while there is danger of Ru
mania being overwhelmed.
, Complete details OF the victorious Italiar
advance are not yet available. but theii
appearance is indicated by the largest hau
single day on the Italian front Before tn,
attack the Italian lines In the Gorizla Val
ley were bounded on the east by the Yer
toibizza River and then ran In n southorl!
direction east of Sagrada. west of Loqulzza
then behind Hill 20e and villa Nova, thenc
along the eastern slope OF Hin 144. an'
thence forward in an almost straight line &
Hin S5. directly east of Monfalcone
Now all this line is so Strengthened ou
that the advance has left every one of tn
above localities far In the rear. Further
more. Jamiano has passed into Italian oc
cupation. Duino itself is placed in seriou
peril and the formidable bastion of tn
Hermada range protecting Nabres ma an
Trieste is under heavy bombardment b.
Italian guns The enemy forces in thi
district are estimated at 100000 men.
Except for temporary interruption.
necessitated by dense fogs and torrentia
rain, the preliminary bombardment eS
tending simultaneously from the Plezz
heights all the way down to Monfalcont
lasted more than nine days. and durin
the final phase reached such a degree @
intensity that the expenditure of shell
averaged 1870 per minute during this infer
nal bombardment. which converted the Car
so plateau into a sea OF fire. Terrific explC
sions and vast incendiary outbreaks wer
visible at many spots behind the enem
lines. Unable TO make direct reply, tn
Austrian gunners vented their spleen b
| flnging sixteen-inch shells into Gorilla.
1t is believed the Austrian losses excee
those suffered in any earlier offensive. an
| that the recall OF regiments from the RI
manlan front has become inevitable.
PARIS, Oct Is. - Austro-Hungarls
losses in the fighting on the Carso plates
since the opening of the new ltal an offe
| sive are estimated at $4,000 by the WI
| correspondent of the Petit Paris!en
| Udine
Fierce fighting continues between Oppa
chiasella and the Vertoibizza r. yer. sout
| east OF Gorilla where the Italians a
making a mighty effort 10 cut through
| Trieste.
On the Carso plateau at least sixty Au
tro-Hungarian battalions still face the Its
ian army. The Austro- -Hungar ans ha