New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-23
Austrians Admit Violent
Pressure Is Forcing
Them Back
Cadorna Takes
1890 Prisoners
Monitors End Bombard-
ment of Mount Hermada
and Shell Trieste

LONDON, Aug. 22.-No pause is re-
ported either from Rome or Vienna in
the violent series of battles now raging
in the Italian war theatre from Toll
mino TO the sea Italian success is
slowly beginning to appear, though
both capitals are vague in their state
ment of gains or losses of territory.
Cadorna's pressure, exerted by I'M
precedcnted gunfre and great masses
Of infantry, appears to have counted
most along the lsonzo River from
Auzza 20 Gorilla, and though impor-
tant Austrian defences on the Carso
plateau have ben seized, Rome admits
the offensive there is localized.
Austrian prisoners continue to trail
back 20 the Italian collection stations
by the thousand. Already 81 officers
and more than $4,000 men have been
taken and Rome announces the capt
ure OF thirty guns, which indicates
n penetration of the Austrian lines to
a considerable depth. The Italian War
Office admits that the Austrian resist
ance has been desperate all along the
line and this is borne out by the state
ment from Vienna that during the
first two days of the fighting over $500
Italian prisoners were taken, together
with more than fifty machine guns.
Guns Trained on Trieste
Though General Cadorna's objective
has been held up somewhat on tho
southern sector of the Carso by the
almost impregnable defences Of Mount
Hermands, it is apparent that the ltal-
inns are still dominated by the thought
OF a drive for Trieste. Italian monitors
have abandoned the bombardment of
the Mount Hermada region, and have
trained their guns upon Trieste. she'll
ing the seaport vigorously, and killing
q number Of civilians.
In the aggregate Vienna admits con-
siderable loss of territory. The town
Of Selo, lust northwest of Mount Her
mazda. was taken by the Italians after
they had sacrificed thousands in the at
tack. Southwest of Castagavizza the
struggle is said 10 be "huctuatlng
North of Canale, on the Julian front,
the Italians are credited with stormlng
the heights. though Austrian counter
attacks partly restored the positions.
Rome declares that there have been
new successes everywhere, without
SDeClINlnG luSL "itItt anu aSoSi - N''N
the ground won "has the Importance. OF
d conquered fortress"
Austrian Attacks Fail.
The Austrian attempted diversions in
the Trentino region have been kept up
but without any success. Evidently the
Austrians have felt the effect of the
Italian pressure along the other fronts
in this region. as Vienna admits that
the Austrian positions on the Settl
Communi Plateau. in the Asiago see
tor. were evacuated on ten-mile front.
presumably for the purpose of placing
much needed reinforcements on the
east bank of the Isonzo. where the
Italian superiority in numbers is over
whelming.
Cadorna is employing the Italian air
corps on an extensive scale. They
are in the thick of the fighting and
have been indefatigable in attacking
Austrian troop concentrations behind
the enemy lines. Bodies Of Austrian
soldiers in the Chiapovano valley
were heavily bombed, and great
weight of explosives was dropped upon
detachments OH the slopes OF Mount
Nermada.