The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-21
Smashing Blows by the French on Verdn Front and by the
Italians Result in Gain of Territory and $4,000 Prisoners
ITALIANS ATTEMPT TO
BREAK THROUGH TO
THEIR TRIEST GOAL

| LONDON. Aug. 2h.--A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from CO.
penhagen says that. according TO re-
ports received from Austria. the hattie
i now raging on the Isonzo front oil the
| IAustru- Italian theatre is characterized
as tho most violent ever fought there
Tho advices add that 1t is believed by
! the Austrians and Germans that tho
italians arc making an attempt to breaK
Through 10 Tricst
4 colossal number Of new guns have
been brought into the fight. for which
1.-The Italians had hccn preparing FOR
weeks. Yesterday, the Italian ariators
ldroppcd proclamations over the Austrian
Hines, SAYING that the bomDaramchI
would be continued for many hours.
+ ROME. Aus. 2O.-The Italians. in
their offensive on the lsonzo front ne>
: gun yesterday, have crossed the !Son,
! 20 river and already have taken '.ShV
prisoners. it was officially announced ny
! the war department to-day
Guns and many MACHINE guns nave
been capturcd NY tho Italians. and the
! Austrians have suffered serious losses
The infantry battle continues Vlgor-
ou.ly.
The statement follows:
! "a hattie Is proceeding on the Julien
Alps front. Yesterday morning. after
bon,be rdmcnt of - hours. during which
! our artillery shelled the enemy posi-
tions with cvcr-increa&ing intensity
masses OF our infantry commenced the
advance toward their ohjcctivcs. 10
tho north Of Arhnvo (7't miles north
Iof Gorizia), nficr having brilliantly
overcome technical difficulties and the
resistance Of the enemy, numerous pom
! tonns were thrown across the lsonzo
and our troops passed over TO the ieIt
bank Of the river.
From Plava 20 the sea- atlcr naV!he
crossed the first line Of tho enemy which
had been destroyed completely our
troops brought pressure 70 bear upon
| him. Resisting strongly and being sup
/ portcd BY considerable artillery ana Il
/ large number of machine guns the
enemy offered desperate resistance.
| ROME. Sunday. Aug. 1?.--Comment-
| Ing on the new italian advance, the
press says that It, like the British at
tack In Flanders. will be OF service. IL IL
demonstrates how the people and armies
Of the allied countries feel toward the
premature peace proposals OF Pope Ben
rcslizcs the gravity Of the situation. as
announcement is made that Emperor
Charles is soon 10 visit the Austro-1tal-
ian front presumably 10 encourage his
troops. t'Thc official Austrian statement
Of yesterday said the ltelians had he
g1in an offensive on n S1-milc from the
region Of Tolminn to n point near the
+ Adriatic 'rh" struggle was said to DC
raging with the greatest bitterness. Yes
! tcrday's italian official statement did
! NOT mention the offcnsivc.)
cOPENHAGEN. AuG. 20.-The special
correspondent Of tho Cologne Gazette on
tho Isonzo front has tclnEraphed as fol"
| lows to Berlin:
| The artillery concentration for the
J eleventh Tsonzo battle surpasses all
! earlier preparations The roar of more
| than 5000 cannon in uninterrupted &C
| tivity can bc heard deep into the tyroi.
The presence OF Il grcat number OF Rrit-
Continued or Fage Twelve.)