Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-26
SCALED POSITION
DOM|NATESP[ PLAIN
NORTH OF GORIzIA A
Austrian Line of Defense is
Broken at Several
Points. 49, So
..s-t,
CAD0RNA's MEN PURSUE Sc SIS.
RETREATING FORCES
French Round Out Victory
Gained in Latest Offensive -
on Verdun Front. s3s
ADVANCE NORTH OF HILL so4
IS
British Capture Trench West of Lens
and Post Near Lom- Es4h
baertzyde.

Tho battle along tho Isonxo has ds=
veloped further brilliant succeSsss fdr
tho Italians, who. It Is now plain. 10
making ono OF their greatest. enorts
OF tho war thus far. General Cadornxt
men, who at the beginning OF tbs Of
fensfvo effected . now crossing Of the
river north of Gortsta, at q point whers
tho Austrians believed such feat ~
impossible. have won anothAr spe1taos
ular victory by scaling Monts Santo,
2,24s feet high, and plneinE their n4E
there This mountain top. seven miles
north OF aorfzia, dominates tho pIxtn
to tho east OF the city. and the Ausr
trtan forces there have been able fs
hold up tho Italian advance since. Gorts
Eta was taken Tho Austrian ltnslof
defense was broken ut several spoirtta.
and tho Italians are pursuing thu no,
firing Austrian1. ) :, t,s;;.e,.. ~
Further south. ON tho csrso, snxhtfnF
continues violently ana ineessanuy.
Austrian efforts to win back ioaf :j Id
sitions were defeated. $50. 1'rs-
New gains have been made 81, III
French on the verdun front, r6unaink
out the victory won In the orrensiyo
begun on Monday. Tho French ad.
vanced last night north of hill ,so4.
Paris announces, and captured thrae,
fortified works near Beth1ncourt Tire
official German statement, howeysrs
says French attacks between Maian.
court and Bethincourt, as well AZ rsa.
hill s44, east OF tho Meusa, were Srs-
pulsed.
LOCAL ENGAGEMENTS
ON THE BRITISH 'FRONT.'
On the British front. sharp 1ocal
ensaEements arc In progress. Thg
British captured trench position west
OF Lens and a post near Lombaertzvdk.
The official German statement concsasss
a small British advance near tho Ypres-
Menin road. but gays that at other
points the British wsre repulsed with
heavy losses The capture of a Brit
ism position east of St Julien Is re-
ported. %
The situation on tho northern end a.oif
the russian front remains obscure. Of
ilcial Russian reports earlier in .sths
week made it appear that a German
offensive. with the capture OF RIA
presumably as its object, was under
way. Nssa
The German communications hay.
not oorne this out except that an adj
vance on the River IA at several places
was reported on Friday. The German
statement OF Saturday spoke OF no f,ir.
Their activity in this sector. Neither
did the official report from PetsogFad
mention any military operations on the
Riga front. On the central Russian
front, German battalion penetratsa
the Russian lines on the oginsky Cana.
northwest OF Pinsk. but later The TsGG.
tons were elected by counterattaek.
On the Roumanian front, tho battles
which ragged during the week hayS
died down. ~ 80
In the Caucasus tho Russia ii Z ara ara
showing greater activity at several
points. Turkish positions ON stKS
heights in the region Of Mount ;TensS-
redag have been occupied by the Rtiss
SLAMS. the Turks retiring under preiG-
sure. s.st