Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-22
PAVE BATTLE GAINS IN FURY
FROM CANDELU TO CAPO SILE

offensive action, begun on the night
Of June 1920. has continued TIRE.
sistibly, and has taken us on to the
positions which we held the day
before.
The enemy suffered losses equal
to his strenuous resistance. Sew.
eral hundred prisoners remained in
our hands.
In the area west of San Dona di
Piave the enemy attempted a strong
action against Lossor. northeast OF
Meolo. He was stopped by our fire.
He renewed his attacks four times
in vain until. exhausted by the ex.
ceptionally heavy losses suffered.
he was forced to yield in the face
OF the dauntless valor of the Sar.
dinians. of the Sassari Brigade. the
151st and l52d Regiments, which
were valiantly helped by the Elev.
enth Battalion OF the 209th Infantry.
the Bisagno Brigade and by Ber.
saglieri cyclist column.
North Of Cortellazzo tat the mouth
of the Piave) parties of sailors and
bersaglieri daringly broke into the
enemy's lines. capturing 200 prison
ers. afterward firmly holding the po.
sitions.
At Cavazuccherina tat the eastern
end of the swamp region near the
COAST we extended our bridgehead.
Our aviators, in spite OF adverse
atmospheric conditions, carried out
treir usual activity. Enemy ma
cl.nes were brought down. For
the first time our .airnen and those
Of our allies had as their compan-
ions daring American pilots, who,
as soon as they arrived at the front,
expressed desire TO participate in
the battle. The valiant Major Da-
rata, who had won his thirty-fourth
victory. did not return the 18th in.
slant from heroic flight.
Premier Orlando last night informe,
Parliament that the efforts of tn,
Austrians to widen the northeastern
salient on the Montello toward tn,
west had failed. Toward the south
the Premier stated, the enemy agar
succeeded in crossing the Montebel
luna. .Susegana railway at severa
points near the Nervesa station. bu
was promptly stopped. On the lowe
Piave the Italians gained more ground
The enemy losses yesterday wer,
enormous, the Premier added.
Vienna, June 22.-The current Aus
trian official communication says:
The enemy continued his attacks
with undiminished violence to wrest
from us the successes we won east
of the Piave. His efforts again
were vain. All his assaults were
broken down before the unflinching
resistance of our heroic troops.
The struggle on the Carso plateau
and on the Montello increased to
especial violence. Field Marshal Ze.
giger's division in their hastily con.
structed trenches DESTROYED waves
Of storming troops. Everywhere
our soldiers stood their ground in
the hand-tohand fighting.
On a front of twelve .kilometers
(seven and a half miles,. the enemy
concentrated thrusting troops
amounting to eight regiments. in
order to shake the wall formed by
our brave men. The tremendous
forced the Italians to throw reserves
after reserves into the battle. Apart
from their sanguinary losses, the
number of prisoners also increases
daily. Thirty.two hundred prisoners
were captured on the last fighting
day. OF these 1000 were taken by a
single Hungarian infantry regiment.
The Hungarian regiments. Aus
trian reserves and Hungarian Hon.
veds have added a new and honora-
BILE page to their glorious history as
attackers as well as defenders in
hot engagements. which have con.
tinued day and night.