The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-03
Beaten Back Everywhere With
Terrific Losses From Cador-
mas Wall of Steel
RUSSIANS DISPLAYING
RENEWED ENERGY
General kornilof Prepares to
Apply Stern Measures-Von
Mackensen Obliged to Ask
For Help

London, Sept along the whole
sstr.ve. two weeks old today. the Aus
ffrfans launched during the last TWEEN
ty-four hours Some OF the nercest
eounter- thrusts OF the war. Every
where they were beaten off. Not a
1oot OF ground was regained by them
sNoreover. the Italians ploughed ahead
appreclabiy IN SOME sectors, taking
additional hundreds Of prisoners and
adding to their huge booty
Along the southern edge of the blood
soaked Eainsizza plateau, on the north
ern slopes Of Monte San Gabrielle ara
TO the northwest Of Ttvon. near Gor!-
ria the Austrian efforts were particu-
larry desperate without the slight
est regard for lives they flung them
selves into the teeth of Caderuas wall
Of steel which. moving steadily on
ward threatens the collapse of the
Austrian war machine. Terrific losses
were all that these furious onslaught
melted the attackers.
Monte san Gabrielle. hathed in the
ITALIAN Ere and almost surrounded. In
mot expected 70 hold out much longer
Slowly the last remaining defense
works o. his great strategic height
are crumhling TO hits.
On the Carso front the Italians made
rev important local Roadway. adding
TO thelv gains Of August 40 and 81.
Fourteen hundred rifles nine machine
guns and Eve trench mortars comprise
the booty taken in The Fresto Nivizza
xector alone
Tire Aastriaps- re reated their bonn
bardment Of an Italian held hospital
near san Gabrielle There were no
victims.
Alpine troops reconauerea advanced
positions on the St~lNic front aban-
doned by the Italians on August y.
A number Of prisoners war; made
Grave alarm is voiced in the Vienna
Neue Frefe Presse one Of the leaG r 3
Austrian newspapers. with regard 20
the situation at the front The paper
EXPRESSED great surprise That the
Austrian high cenunasnd- though anti
" cipatsuE the italian drive was unable
20 concentrate reserves 10 meet the
offensive effectively. The journal
frankly characterized the situation as
extremely grave
The Austrian war Office asserts that
In spite ~ renewed violent Italian At
lacks the whole front from the Ntpac-
elo river ia Yolnline. the AuStrta1s held
all their gains Emphasis is laid upon
the Italian numerical superiority. ON
TIE C;eriEia front. the statement as
serfx The Austrt2ns recsptured a
trench system, taking I5s prisoners
Including six officers.
From Petrograt game wnrd today
.shat the morale Of the Russian troops
Ton the Rumapian front has been re-
stored Field Marshal Won Nackensen
II IL reported has been compelled 20
task for relnforcerents. since he has
been unable to make material head
way despite the recent Russian dis
tanection on the southern front. The
Russo Rumanian resistance Is described
Aes nprecedentedly Stubborn.
General KorniloT has telegraphed ts
aToremier Kerensky that In ylew Of the
Ereeent happenings on the Rumaniar
efront he nnds II necessary to apply
/, seatererieaily the stern measures adj
,vocated by him at the Moscow confer.
ence In some quarters here the stif-
fleming OF the resistance on that front
tts believed to be the immediate result
of the new rule of blood and iron"
The British war office announced to-
aAay that during the month OF August
" sTa Germans have been taken prison.
:er by the British. OF these lss were
tcnicers.
British Ayers today "eagged" tive
German machines. TO the southeast
os Ypres the British carried out ar
sefectfve aerial raid on German trench
'es. Fighting was restricted by lsca
Operations.