The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-08-11
DUKE OF AOSTA Is
LAUNDERING AUSTRIiyS

London. Aug. 1o.-with Gorixia
| firm in their hands the Italian armies
/ of the Duke of Aosta are attacking
the Austrian lines on a front OF thirty
miles in their drive on Trieste.
Terrific fighting Is being wased on
! the lofty Alpine SUBMITS. which Kiss
up out of the Isonzo valley The
Italians are now in complete control
OF the four crests OF Monte San Mi
chele and hold a firm foothold ON
the Doberdo plateau. a part OF tho
vast Carso plateau, across which their
advance to Trieste must be made.
Amid the cheers of his soldiers. King
Victor Emmanuel has himself ems
tered Gorilla, over which the royal
flag again flies, after a lapse of many
years.
Delivering Counter Attacks.
The Austrians in a desperate eff
tort to halt the successful Italian OPP
erations on the lower Isonzo are de.
livering furious counter-attacks at
many other points along the front.
According to a statement received to-
night from Rome. these have been
uniformly repulsed
More than 10000 Austrian prison.
ers have been brought in. Rome Off,
cially announces, while the Austrian
dead choke the mountain gullies and
I'LL the caves and Caverns which they
idu tOHNCTleu INTO aTtineTy ppSitiUTSs
The last peak of Monte San Michele,
was captured after a flotilla Of Italian
dirigibles had dropped tons of high
explosives upon the Austrian gun ent-
placements. The dirigibles fought Oh
swarms OF aeroplanes with machines
gun fire, while Italian planes went to
the aid of their comrades in the sky.
Vienna claims to have halted the
Italian advance across the Doberd0
plateau and to have captured moro
than 1000 prisoners. The Austrian
lines have now been Strengthened IL
is announced, the Italians offering no
opposition. following the repulse OF
their efforts to advance,
Following their conquest OF Monto
San Michele, which they have held
twenty-five times only to lose again.
the Italians pushed on and occupied
the village Of Boschini.
dispatch from Rome to the Daily
Telegraph says:
The Italian offensive continues.
Two forts alone of the eastern de-
Tense Of Gorilla remain in possession
Of the Austrians, namely. MontA
Santo and San Gabrielle, but they are
isolated beyond possibility of recovery.
reinforcements and positions having
been cut off.
The fact that the Italians had
.tunneled through mountains so that
they debouched with their artillery
beyond the Austrian lines, the
Austrians thus being caught between
two fires, was the determining factor
in their success.
The Italian advance in the Plez~i,
Tolmino and Monfalcone sectors cor
tinues and there is renewed activity
in the Trentino. ss
The number of prisoners il stead.
lily increasing. The number so far
officially given Is much less than the
real total. 1t will take several Gar1
to make an inventory of the booty
The Austrians were unable to SAVE
the contents OF the Gorilla depo.s
which were among the most important
In the empire
Austrian Losses Enormous
An estimate OF the Austrian loxs,s
In the Gorilla engagement is furnish
ed by the correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph at Milan who wires: 81
Their losses were enormous Nrt
many OF the defending army had tiss4
to retreat. A Swiss correspondent W.
the Austrian side says:
saw on Podgora. on Sabnt!ra.A
and on Monte Santo lines upon lire
OF Austrian corpses. exposed ~ III for
review OF the dead ss aS
The work OF the italian artillery
was systematic. Every inch Of fhns
Austrian trenches and secret lalrs WAN
mapped out ana each battery had 49,
work asatEned. The italian Infantry
accomplished the remainder b1 - n;
series Of brilliant aasaultA Ihe3 -
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