Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-09-06

Serbian Attacks RepuIsed With Heavy
Losses, Great Artillery Activity
Continues on Right Bank of the
Meuse-French Crush Attacks of
Germans on the Aisne Front.
Rome, Sept 4.-Italian troops have
fought their way forward in the Bres-
tovizza valley in the district south of
Gorizza and repulsed violent Aus
trian counter attack on their new DO
sitions. On the front as a whole the
| activity was mainly confined TO the
artillery. The firing was more intense
east of Gorilla and on the Carso
plateau
Italian Capture $50 Prisoners.
In the Brestovizza valley, after a
very bitter struggle, the Italians sue
ceeded in advancing still more to the
east and captured some prisoners. A
violent counter attack by the enemy
was broken up by gun fire.
The number of prisoners captured
On Saturday and Sunday on the Juli-
an front was eight officers and 339
men.
In recapturing the advanced posi-
ton in the Zebru valley our Alpini
took one gun and three machine
guns"
Austrians Trapped in Caves.
Udine, Italy, Sept. 4.-Fighting con-
tinues all along the Italian-Austrian
line and consists for the most part of
isolated hand to hand encounters be-
tween small detachments of Italians
and Austrians, the latter imprisoned
by Italian artillery fire in galleries,
the mouths of which have been closed
by shell fire. Austrian defenders have
remained in these galleries for sew
eral days without food or munitions.
The attacking forces are straighten-
ing out the new line by cutting out
salients held by small groups Of Aus
TRANS, who are unable either to adj
vance or retreat and are obliged to
surrender.
French Crush Attacks.
Paris, Sept. 4-German attacks on
the Aisne front were beaten off by the
French, it is announced officially.
Heavy artillery fighting occurred be-
tween Beaumont and Samogneux, on
the Verdun front. =
On the Aisne front there was vio-
lent artillery fighting between Cerny
and Hurtebise. The Germans made
four attempts to attack lines west of
Hurtebise. Gun fire checked them
everywhere. Another attempt, direct
ed against the Allies plateau also was
stopped.
On the right bank of the Meuse
there was great activity of the ar
tillery on the Beaumont Samogneux
front. In the Woevre an enemy attack
on small posts northwest of Limey
was without result.
German aviators dropped bombs on
Dunkirk and Belfort. At Dunkirk sew
eral civilians were killed or wounded.
Three Enemy Assaults Fail.
London, Sept. 4-"Early last night"
says British official statement On
the Franco-Belgian front operations,
"the enemy made his third attempt
to capture our advanced posts south
west of Havrincourt. His attack,
which was preceded by a heavy BON
bardment, was again repulsed
1--WE carried out successful raid
southwest of Monchy-Le-Preux. Our
troops took the enemy completely by
surprise, and after destroying his dug
outs and machine guns, returned with
eighteen prisoners"
RepuIse Serbian Attacks.
Amsterdam, Sept. 4-Repeated at
tacks by the Serbians on Dobropolje
during the last few days have been re-
pulsed, costing the attacking force
heavy losses, while Bulgarian detach-
ments cooperating with the Germans
in the Sereth district of the Rouman-
ian front entered the enemy trenches,
inficting severe losses and capturing
sixty-three prisoners and seven ma
chine guns, according to the Bulgar-
ian official statement.