The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-22
All German Counter-AtsekS
Prove Costly Failures. Allies
Holding All Their Ground
FRENCH AND ITALIANS
STILL COUNT CAPTIyES
Have Taken Nearly l6,O00 III
Last Two Days-C he@tik
News Since the Marus Il
War News Received

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London. Aug. sl.---slowly but VAN
unrelenttng steadiness. the alltAs nkf4
squeeze" contracted its iron hold unSa
the central powers today O. Vlia
lsonzo. before Verdun. in Flande1a.sax
LENS. in front Of St. Quentin-rAvaSsS
where Teuton arms went down ~ w.
feat either before renewed whirt9rfhh
charges or in vain. costly eoanTSr
thrusts- Up to this evening the HI.
ians had taken more than 10000 S2Sx.
oners in their great drive FivesfhnSfs
and had been counted by the French ~
Verdun. On both fronts the couat ~
still incomplete and Cadorna's anA -
tafn's men are still going stren&
On top OF the official newT TIT
painted this picture Of entente I'D.
cess. the cheeriest since the 49,
came unofficial dispatches toniRhf YoSi&
shadowing an even more roseata 6ftt7Ss
ton.
Trains upon trains with trodDt ~
arriving In Flanders from Galiela,
was learned. Column upon coIufar ~
Austrian reserves are thrown in4a M
gaps on the Isonzo and Carso ffxu46.
Rome telegraphed.
Relieves Prrssare ~ slavs.
These reinforcements. too, Il u 80
1ieved are coming from the EAstef1
front. A few days ago General k61Hf
ION. the new Russian chief comAar31 ".
predicted an early Muscovite dStS
With the Tsuton front in the east ~
ing thinned to meet the onslaughta ii
seven different fronts--four Ia tho West
and three on the Austro- Ita lfan 1tno.
faihlfrnent of Kornflofrs prsffsexIsisl
EVEN Sooper than anyone had DARED u
hone, looms large tonight
TF1ple 6term SnuRs Oct Peace THrn
Peace talk has been virtually slu1Sa
out by the triple storm that threA4Anp
to tear the gates and roofs from 40
beleasued dual fortress Of the central
smpires Saturday night when Cadors
mas guns roared their overture to tho
biggest Italian drive yet seen, Aua@
trfan avtatnrs we're scattering psaca
pamphlets ever the Italian Inca Fka
infantry smash which ON the foIJ1taA
morning steam rolis4 over the AuafsfaI
hrst. second ana third lines. was Ikaavs1
answer. On the verdun front 4E3e
timid hutterings Of the Romaa peae1
dove wore Knocked by = myria1 m
shells. while carrier pixeox1 INV
straight. unwaverinx dight brpnNSf
message after message Of auccesa IT.
the attacking chiefs to the dtYaffS1
brains back Of the line. Here Anost
chief Developments Of the triple 1y15AI
in the last twenty-four hours.
On Italian Frent. 1850
italian offensive-~'aThe Austrian Ire.
IL beginning to bend ana give was ~
various points.: was the latest W461
from the Rome war office this GyAny
Ing. jubilantly greeted not omf& fIiI
italy. but throuKhout All entente esuil.
tries. The drive which beg1u5 a1f4
Sunday ~ the prelude to tn III
csrted allied push continues. n ~ + "
necessarily 1t = reduced spesd oNfinG nv
the stinening OF Austrtan r~ete& S&
after the initial blows. Somo
valuable stratsgicAl gains wore
TODAY between the village Of xe13
the fortress Of StArilckva. on the fa
front In the direction OF TrioSA
row seems clear that the big 49,
port II again the main goal 81 M ia
ian legtons. Cadorna. In attack IN
multaneously all the way bststA& u
va and the Adriatic. utiliaeA
sons Of his last Offensive. Al til {
while he was concentrating hiG ~ 34D
on the carso. the Austrtan6 thK&
weight Of their forces A9aiN ~
italian lines near Gorixia ana
Julian Alps. thus creating ! go
diversion. This time CadoFaa Il
every vital sector Of the Austri0Ir
simultaneously ana having shel "
whole Austrian line can now a11i& "
hammer away chiefly on the \
The chief obstacle there II The M II
abel Hsrmada ridxa. coupasaAlo m e
viny ana MessinaG ranges ~ 4ElS IN
elo-German front. only mora p1e
because Of IT. natural f0rtiAo1
and. ultimately. 81 Trisate Nall
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