Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-30
British And Italian Navies Shell The
Hermada, Mountain Guarding Triest;
Naval Monsters Outrage Enemy Ships

mountain are fortified terraces. like
great stairs, stretching from the base
to the summit. An enormous num-
Der OF machine guns protect the base
OF this fortress.
the Hetmada was attacked by the
Italians from three sides sinultan-
;sously, from the front and p north
by the batteries OF the Italian and
English monitors s9sAirplanes at the
same time weresdropping bombs up
ontthe Austrian works from the sky.
During the artillery attack the moun-
tain seemed Hike q volcano. The rock,
concrete and great barbed wire sys-
TENS were seen to be giving way. The
and lasted all night.
I'm the morning The italian infan.i
try emerged and proceeded to, the as
sault on the slopes while the artillery
concentrated its IRE on the summit OF
the mountain. The first Austrian
lines, already :d~enoralized, were brok-
en- andsstakerF" by the "~impetuous at
tack Of the Bersaglieri,s grenadiers
acknowledgements dfBcovered the nests
OF enemys machine guns and captur-
ed an enormous quantity of material
and a@large number of prisoners.
"At this point the Austrian reserves
were ordered to attack from their
higher positions snThere ensued "a
CHASTITY hand to hand fight, the EItaf-
ians being completely victorious, al
carrying of each terrace
was equalarto the sconquering of the
rampant Of g fortress.
3sa"r,he battle is Still progressing on
the rough, rocky slopes Of the Her
over the terraces OF fire in the keenest
expectation Of winning the summit.
The fall of the fortress is close at
hand.
1.-THE Austrian correspondents adj
NIT the impetuosity of the Italian Of
fensive. The communique Of the Vi
emma war Office says these are h se-
verest days Of the war on the Isonzo
front. The Fremdenblatt OF Vienna
says the Italian command desires to
reach Trieste by a direct route along
the same paper states that the battle
is proceeding with the greatest con
sumption of ammunition ever known,
and in conclusion asserts that the de-
lenses nearest Trieste will be attack
ed very Don
1.-THE Zurich Post says the italian
infantry and artillery, already ire
nendously superior to the Austrians',
are daily becoming stronger. IT one
tId1AdIl odIISIy 10 oAA0IICSu, LHAo pdhOt
says, from ten to twenty new ones
Immediately take its place.
.It scents the italian command.
knowing a free Europe must issue
from the victory Of the allies, is com
peting in bravery and action, bringing
1taly's maximum contribution to the
common effort Of crushing the.cen-
trail empires. US
THE genius of General cadorna,
which ripened in silence, has hereto
fore been chiefly observed in his orr
ganization OF the closest collaboration
between the different. arms over a
very large 'front.', obtaining the larg-
est results possible from the cooper
alton of the aerial and naval arms
1.-THE diversion that the Austrlans
attempted in the Trentino proves that
they realize. that they are losing. The
enemy communiques admit the SUI
periority of 1taly's offensive means.
They admit also Austrian i~nferiority
in the air.
THE laconicism Of General Ca
dorna's bulletins, which do not indi-
cate even the positions captured or
! the detectives toward which the Ital-