The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-05-26
ITALIANS PUSH
AHEAD A MILE;
1O,245 CAPTIVES
Advance on CarsO Plateau
Made on Front Extending
Over Six Miles.
TWO HILLS STORMED
Attacks Give CadOrna New
Advantages OH Julian
Battlefield.

LoNpoN, May'25.-Itallan troops have
pushed forward their lines more than
a mile on front of six miles on the
Carso plateau. Fresh attacks on the
Julian front have given Gen. Cadorna
additional advantages.
The total OF prisoners taken and
316 are officers. Besides the bag OF
prisoners, the Italians took much war
material. In ten days :he Italians have
taken $4,000 Austrian prisoners In their
two offensives.
BY their new attacks on the Carso the
Italians have thrown back their op-
ponents to line only n mile and a
half from the important town OF Dunno
on the Adriatic. ten miles as the crow
flies, twelve miles by road. from Trieste.
Fighting their way ahead along the
southern edge Of the Carso plateau and
on the Adriatic coast, the troops OF Gen.
Cadorna have forced the enemy back
south OF Jamiano, captured yesterday.
on front OF four miles, to a line run
ming from Hill 81. just solth OF Ja-
miano through the village OF Flondar.
to Foce Timavo. directly on the coast.
Here the Italians face a natural fortress.
"A solid rock plateau, of which Medeazza
is the centre and Hill 323 the highest
point.
Two Hills stOrmed.
| To the north of Jamiano two very
strong hills, OF great value for obssrva-
| ton, have been stormed They are
! Hill 235, Just north OF Jamiano. and
Hill 247. a half mile northwest OF the
| important town OF Selo. and dominating
| the town Another mile to the north
the italian lines are pushed to the out
skirts OF Versic, midway between Selc
and Hudi Log.
In this advance Gen. Cadorna used
the same tactics the British and French
found successful in their recent OF
| fensives. bringing up light artillery OF
! the heels OF the infantry. to hasten thu
| retreat of the Austrians.
| On the front to the north the Italian!
| we're as successful in defence as to tn
! south they were successful In attack
on the northern CarsO and east o
Gorltz repeated Austrian attacks, mad'
| in the hope of creating diversion
were thrown back. on tho Jsonzo from
of the first Italian offensive there wa
| very heavy fighting on Monte Nodc
and Monte Cucco, in which the Italia n
came out excellently
The Austrian official statement ad
mits the Italians "have gained groun'
protecting Jamiano. where we had with
drawn our troops one kilometer.
Otherwise. Vienna says. the AustriA
positions were maintained completelN
Many Italian attacks on the 1sonzo wer
repulsed, the statement says.
Omcial Statements.
nj Ano otriu tuta q
follow
Italian-The battle still is raging
along the Julian front from the sea to
PLAYA. Yesterday our troops. advanc-
ing tirelessly over very difficult and in
tricate ground, fought their way yard
: by yard through deep labyrinth Of
enemy fortifcations stubbornly de-
Tended by strong. we'll trained forces.
Further brilliant successes were
achieved.
: The total number OF prisoners
, count ed on May 23 and "a amounts TO
1O,245, including 3l6 officers. Much
war material also was captured.
. In the sector between the sea and
5 the Jamiano -Brestovizza road the gal
!. liant Tuscan Brigade, composed of the
! Seventy seventh and Seventy-eighth
= regiments the Arezzo Brigade. COM
= posed of the 225th and 226th rcgi-
v ments. and the Second Bersaglieri
a Brigade. composed OF the Seventh
and Eleventh regiments. supported
A by some field batteries which advanced
9 with the infantry, drove the enemy
back az far as Foce Timavo. F'londar
and Hill 81. "A line south OF Jamiano
q North of Jamiano, after heavy fight
=, ing. in which the Mantua Brigade, com.
posed OF the 18th and 114th regi
:, ments. distinguished itself. the strong lS
fortified heights, HIls 235 and 247
were carried and our positions eX
tended as far as the outlying houses
of Versic.
d The aircraft were very active
J. Squadrons of our machines bombed III,
n station of Santa Lucia -Tolmino will
= vislbly effective results. Three enem,
= machines were brought down by ou
airmen.
4. The Austrian Report.
g Austran--Powerful Italian assault
&c on the 1sonzo front yesterday resulte,
ID in an unusually fierce struggle. GU
le troops resisted vigorously and ou
u positions were fully maintained TIL
c. northern wing OF the Italian army wa
D. again driven forward against tn
l. heights OF Vodice and Santo Their
10 was especially fierce and obstinat
d. fghtius for Hill 692. south OF Vodic,
which was overrun by the Italians 1
~ the evening, but was recaptured a
Up night by our brave troops after hour
III OF hand to hand fighting.
We The Carso plateau was again III
Id scene OF an attempt to break throug
T. on a great scale. the Italians THROWN
10 masses of troops against our intrencl
II ments. Although the latter suffere
~ considerably from the preceding hon
OF bardment the enemy was received b
IL the undaunted defenders. All day an
H. through the night the struggle for ol
On positions on Faitihrb, near Castel
ny nievizza and south Of that place 90 ~
sea. continued, but all the enemy's @
ny forts were vain. lie got through NJ
w where.
Is Thirty Italian officers and 1900 me
q" were made prisoners Wednesday, an
nd ~ ,,,,,rher was Increased conside