The Sentinel=record., 1918-06-19
In the Alps the Enemy Has Been Unable to Further Advance Since the First Attack.
The Austrian War Office Claims to Have Taken 30,OOO Prisoners Since the Offensive Started-Artillery Duels Are the Order of the Day on the Western Front.

New York, June 1S,-The Austrian pincers are not closing upon Italy with the precision of last October when they forced hack the Italian armies of General Cadorna from the Julian Alps to the Plave river and from the northern moutain regions almost to the plains of Venetia. In fact they do not seem to be closing at all
 The upper Jaw, in the Venetian Alps, is stalled under the resistance of the British, French and Italian forces, and the neither one seems to lack the force necessary to bring it across the Piave river and push back the Italian troops which are clogging it's path.
 In the Alps the Austrians have been unable to further advance their lines since their initial onslaught last week. Everywhere from the Asiago plateau sector eastward to the Piaye river all their attacks have quickly been repuised by the allied troops, who, in their turn, have delivered counter attacks, regained lost ter rain, inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy and taken a considerable mum Der of prisoners.
 Y All along the Piave river from the mountain passes through which the h its race to the Adriatie sea, fierce fighting is going on, especially on the Montello plateau; in the region of the famous Benson loop and farther south from Fossalta to the marsh country around Capo Silo, some 20 miles east of Venice.
 The Italian war office announces that the enemy every where is being held along the Piave At the sector of the Montello plateau, which bars the way from the northeast to the Venetian plains the Italians have strengthened their positions on the northern edge of the plateau and re- pulsed two enemy attacks to advanc on the northern border.
 Likewise to the south near Mas erada and Candelu attemps by the Austrians to effect new crossings of the Piave were frustrated with heavy losses.
 From Vienna comes a variant re- port It does not concede to the all lies any gains of ground in the noun tain region, saying that all their counter attacks were repulsed. Con- corning the fighting along the Piave, it asserts that the Austrians have gained ground at numerous points and lfhat the battle is following its in tended course. Consolidation of the gains on the Montello plateau and progress on the southern wing. which runs from Fossalta to Mestre, are claimed
 In addition, the Austrian war office says the number of prisoners taken in the fighting has increased to 30,0o0 and that 120 guns, in addition to mine throwers, machine guns, and war material have been cap ured. The prisoners taken by the Italians Mon day at one point amounted to l,550, which would bring their total and those of the allies we'll in the neigh borhood of 8 0O0
 Unofficial advices are to the effect that the Austrians have thrown four teen bridges across the Piave alons front os about four and one-halt miles between the Benson loop and the Conegllano railroad bridge, but that the Italians are heavily engag- ing the enemy at all points and have the pontoons under their gun fire The infantry operations on the battle front in France continues at stand stsl. but the allied and German guns are roaring on various sectors and it s.noi improbable that fightine on a large scale wlll he resumed some where shortly
 Along the Apere south of Abort and west of serre the British and Germans are ensage1 In misAtg artll- lery duels, while spirited activity ls