The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
FIERCE FIGHTING
ON MOUNTAIN TOP
italians and Austrians Continue
Struggle for Possession of
Monte San Gabrielle.
BRITISH STOP A GERMAN RAID
Huns Driven Out After Penetrating
Trenches-AIIied Aircraft Bomb
the Teuton Positions.

Rome, Sept. 1.-THE battle between
Austrians and Italians for possession
of Monte San Gabriel is waging furi-
ously, according to the official state
ment issued today by the Italian war
department
New Austrian forces yesterday re-
newed their attempts to dislodge the
Italians from the slopes OF the height
but after advancing at a few points
they were stopped by the main Italian
line of occupation.
Vienna, Sept 1.-THE Italian losses
in the eleventh Isonzo battle" says an
official statement issued today by the
Austrian war office, have reached al
most a quarter of a million, including
10000 prisoners
Huns Fail at BuIIecourt
London, Sept. 14.-The British Off
says:
Last night, after hours of heavy
bombardment, the enemy raided our
positions east of Bullecourt. He sue
ceeded ia effectirg an entry in our
trenches. but was driven out after
sharp fighting, leaving a number Of
dead and prisoners in our hands.
EARLY this morning the enemy
opened a heavy bOmbardment on a
front of more than a mile north and
northwest of Langemarck and attack
ed in considerable strength. After
fierce fighting the attack was re-
pulsed with severe enemy losses
British Bombs in Belgium.
London, Sept. 14.-British naval air
craft on Tuesday and Wednesday
dropped several tons of bombs on Ger
man military establishments in Bel
GUM, hitting their detectives and
causing heavy explosions, an official
statement issued today by the British
admiralty says.
LuII on Nest Fronts.
Washington, Sept 13.-On the bat
| tie fronts the military activity gen
orally is lessening. On the line in
France and Belgium only artillery
! duels and comparatively small oper-
ations by the infantry are being car
ried out.
| Further advances have been made
| by the French in Champagne, near St
Souplet, where General Petain won
! three lines of trenches.
Monte San Gabrielle, in the Austro-
Italian theater, has been the scene of
another futile attack by the Austrians-
In the battle OF Riga, according to
! the German war office, $500 Russians
were made prisoner and 325 guns, and
large quantities of war stores were
captured. The fighting on this front
has now dwindled to skirmishes.
Great Britain's losses in large mer-
chant vessels sunk by mines OF sub
marines last week were the smallest
/ since Germany began her intensive
submarine campaign Only twelve
large vessels were destroyed.
sIavs Still Impede Germans.
Washington, Sept. 1.-THE Russian
troops on the Riga front apparently
are still impeding the Germans in
their attempts at further advances
into Russia and in the south, along
the Bukowina frontier, as in lower
Rumania, where they are operating in
conjunction with the Rumanians, they
have taken the offensive and won vic
I over 16uSOla1C dAA1ES
| Around Verdun there was only in
termittent artillery duels, the Ger
mans having ceased their violent
counter attacks to regain lost posi-
tions. In Champagne there has been
a resumption of somewhat violent
operations in which General Petain' s
forces have won successes.
From the Belgian coast well down
into Flanders violent artillery duels
continue, but with Field Marshal
Haig's guns apparently doing the ma
jor portion of the work Aside from
the usual trench raiding operations
the infantry is still keeping to the
trenches.
German aviators continue their
Smelling of Allied hospitals behind the
lines. Monday night they carried out
their latest raid in the region of Dun.
kirk, where bombs which fell on a
hospital wounded five women
Italian Artillery Active.
Rome, Sept. 12-There was little
activity aside from artillery engage
msnts along the Austro-Italian front
yesterday, today's war office state
ment reports. Some infantry fighting
occurred in the Trentino.
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