The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-28
Iardona's Forces Smash Sol
idly Ahead on Three-Mile
Front on the Carso
FaENCHMEN AT GRIPS
! WITH TEUTON LEGIONS
With Three Attacks, Germans
Succeed in Penetrating the
French Lines-Later Driven
Back

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London, May 27.-Attacling,
crushing answer was that which
I0ly's Gorilla and Carso armies
todAy gave the Vienna war office
The battle already Is decided
IN our favor" said yesterdays Of
hc1al statement from the Aus
TRAN capital. What General Ca
dOfnh's armies have since done
Was summed up In tOday's bullet
TIN from the Rome war Offier.
They have smashed solid1y ahead
on . three mile front ON the Car
70, advancing Mt some points two
|l U1flcs toward Trieste, from which
they are now less than ten miles.
At the same time they stornaed
Austrian positions in the PLAYA,
registering substantial progress.
Twelve hundred and nifty pris-
oners have been taken by them
since yesterday and the booty Is
large, Al one -3peiHt Il bold coup
nettcd them q field battery OF ten
guns with ammunition.
On the Gorizia front they took one
gun, two trench mortars and seven
machine guns Forty-four officers are
among the prisoners.
At one place the Italian storming
columns suffered "a slight reverse.
winch rs hQI1itANu bN tEtE wax oiaEHc.
This was at Casta gnavizza. some
three miles northeast of Jamiano.
Cas:arnaYizxa forms the northern tip
OF the semicircle that Is being grad
uaily showed southwark In the direc-
tion Of Trieste. italian troops reach
"a and even passed this town, but 30
r-1nrderous was the Austrian gunfire
that closed in on the invaders from
I'll sides that General Cadorna's men
were compelled to evacuate ground"
They stuck tenacioasly To the towns
BOUNDARY. however.
Cross Important Railroad.
The lower half of the semicircie.
however, was swung considerable
distance easfwards- This is ON the
southern part OF the Carso plateau.
Here the Italians crossed the impor-
tant railroad running along the coast
from Monfaicone to the famous Wa
tering place. Dunno. An extension of
this road runs straight to Trieste, AL
n1ees duo north Of gstsisse, siies as.s, Gle
vanni. half way between the resort
and Modeazza-
Near San Giovanni the Italians
crossed the railroad and then pushed
straight through to the outskirts OF
Nndeazza. The mathematic precision
with which the present offensive Is
being carried on is causing amaze
ment and admiration among entente
military circles. One OF the impor-
tant defense positions wrested from
the Austrians in this latest advance Is
Hill 145, southwest OF Modeaxza
Far to the north. on the PLAYA
front, Cadorna's infantry brilliantly
carried" In the words of the Rome
fyTar once, the heights At the head of
me Pailiova valley. thus linking up
|Ythe Italian positions on Monscucco
With those on the dominating Hill
SIS.
London, May :7-Frenchmeu and
! Teusonx were hard at grips last night
and today In the famous quarries north
81 thss Aisne. which General Nivelle's
troops captured in the first phase of
the present offensive and part OF which
vare retaken by the crown prince last
v week.
! ! The French. according to the Berlin
Abatement, launched 1--WE violent attacks
aeniust these positions without. how
ever. making any headway. The Paris
vrar ONCE. on the other hand. announced
~ repulse OF a German assault north
tflasry actions in the Champagne are
Aera,dsd In now infantry lighting.
French flyers yesterday brought
Aown four German airplanes. Bonn
Aard:rx scuadrons hurled $500 kilo.
ryarumes Of pro1ectiies on works be-
hind the German lines. Berlin reports
narrinx Of efseAs entente machines
. Is v.s..rda.>s afr hst.e-
on tho AnRto-Gernan froEt only
yp..dx ana miro. infantry au.;ars are
ss7 rted
Russian avs=ts~s c~~ccea six bombs
- the railroad stsccr .. r'ps.s. 2etro-
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