The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-11
Cadorna's Army Fights
Desperately on Slopes
of San Gabrielle.
FRENCH REPULSE FIVE
DRIVES ON VERDUN LINE
Successful Raids Are Reported in
Champagne and Argonne
Regions.

CBy the International News SeryIce.D
London. Sept. l0.-Italians and
Austrians continue violently at
grips all along the front. espe-
cially on the Bainsizza plateau,
on the slopes of Monte San Ca
brieIe and on the Carso. Rome
officially reported today that the
Italians are in undispuled posses
sion Of the initiative, pressing the
Hapsburg troops hard everywhere.
A Vienna war office statement
asserts that Cadorna's forces have
been unable to counteract Aus
TRAN successes" on the Carso
plateau. 1t says the Italians are
stunning no sacrifices, attacking
as often as ten times in one day.
All efforts to advance on Monte
San Gabrielle were defeated, it is
declared. The statement adds:
Since August l9 we have CAP
tured altogether on the Isonzo
800 Italian officers and $4,000
rank and file"
REid German Trenches.
On the Nerdun front the French beat
of five successive Teuton assaults
partly discriminating the German storm
irg columns. In the CHAMPAIGN Pc
tains troops made successful surprise
attacks.
Effective raids on German trenches
were reported ay Sir Douglas Haig to-
day. Berlin admitted having lost po-
sitiCHs 10 the British ~ the Har-icourt
ctor hut asserted they were recon-
Quered in counter thruSts.
French blake Raids.
Paris. Sept 1o-SuccessfuI raids
were made by the French last night
/ on the German positions in the Cham
paEne and Argonne regions. the
| French VIZ department announced
to1ay.' on both banks of the River
I Mcuse there was a violent artillery
/ hombardmcut The French success in
the sector Of the FCsSe and Caurieres
woods was completed and a number
OF new prisoners were taken. The
text Of the statement follows:
In the Cham-agnc and in the Ar
gonne successful surprise attacks
upon the German trenches enabled
Us to captur" matcricl and prisoners
Upon both banks of the River
MeusS the artillery fighting continued
all night with violence.
We completed our success Of Sep
tember S. in the sector Of The Fosse
and CauriCTes Wood We reduced the
resistance Of isolated units and took
now prisoners. The Germans did not
renew their attacks in this region.
Additional information confirms the
Importance OF the repulse which the
. Germans yesterday sustained. Their
fierce Countcr-attacks succeeded each
other, despite the extr,uaIv heavy
losses inflicted uTun the enemy by our
fire. At several points our TROOPS re-
pulsed as many as five successive a7-
saults. and partly decimated ihe Ger
man units advancing TO attack.
Elsewhere the night was calm"
Berlin. Sept lG-BTitish troops yes
+ terday pressed back slightly the Ger
man reserves at Hargicourt and Vii
lcret on a narrow front, according
to the Official statement issued by
/ German general STAFF. Early today.
the statement adds. the Germans re-
captured the position TO the East Of
Hari-court.
Ottawa, Sept io-The following
Americans are named in today's cas-
ualty list.
Killed in actiOn-W. +. Campbell. Sa-
! lcl, Mimi: T. ". Saunders, Maitland.
| Fla: J. G. Malone. Austin. MINI.
Died of wounds-A. c. Mears, Los
/ Angeles, Cal.
| Gasscd-S. Holt. Nashua. y. II
Wounded-M. Z. Hare. Delrsy. Fla;
( l. Il. Hunter. Grafton. y. Oak: Dan
/ iaI Mcdonald, Battle Creek. Mich
John Hover, Brooklyn, y. Y.
Previously reported wounded. TCw
! died OF wounds; Joe Bonarch, ontario,
IN. Y.