Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-07
ITALIAN ARMY
 AGAIN PRESSING ON ID VICTORY
Further Successes Along Piave and in Coastal Zone Noted By Official Statement From Rome Saturday
By Review Leased wire)

CBv Review Leased Wire)
 ROME. July 6.--"After five days of
 uninterrupted struggle" says the late official communication, the enemy
 was completely driven on to the left
 bank of the Piave Saturday after noon."
 The Italian statement reads:
 "On the lower Piave our pressure is continuing firmly Yesterday having broken up most Of the stubborn enemy defense at every yard, we gained more ground, reaching the right bank of the new Piave from Grisolo to the riv- CT mouth More than 400 prisoners, in- cluding six officers, remained in our hands.
 A violent counter offensive at tempted by the enemy in the direction of Chiesanova was arrested.
 Renewed. violent attacks on our positions on Porte Di SaltOn and at tempts to assault our patrols on Monte COrOne failed.
 Our aviatOrs were very active in bombarding enemy troop centers be- yond the lower Piave. Two enemy air planes were brought down.
 "The recapture of all the costal zone between Capo Sile and the Piave, which the enemy had occupied and held since November brilliantly crowns the victory gained by us in the first great battle of our recovery and enlarges the zone of protection for Venice.
 Altogether since the 18th of June 523 officers and 23,911 other ranks have been made prisoner Ns alsO captured sixty-three guns, sixty-three trench ~Inortars, 1234 machine guns. 3700 rifles two airplanes, 5,000,000 rifle cartridges, many thousands Of shells of all kinds and large quantity of telpehone instruments and recover ed our artilleries and material, which in the advanced zone had to be aband- Oned during the first phase of the struggle
 The Italians have succeeded in clear ! ing the Austrians out of very con- siderable part of the terrain the enemy had been clinging to near the mouth of the Piave. between the new and old beds of the river.
 In hard fighting the Austrian resist l ance was broken in the area close to the Adriatic. General Diaz's troops moving the invaders across the new bed from Grisolera to the sea, approXi- ! mately five miles. Four hundred were taken prisoners.
 Vienna admits a loss of ground here. :
 In the northern part of this low-ly- ing sector northeast of Capo Sile, 1 where the Austrians are still west of the new stream they rallied their forces and counter attacked. General ! Diaz's troops stood their ground and i repulsed the enemy.
 Except on the Italian front the clos !. ing day of the week witnessed little {. fighting of an intensive nature any where For the moment the allied plan i of local thrusts in the Belgian | area, calculated to upset such disposi- ] tiOns for a new attack as the Germans | might be making on any of the numer- 7 ous fronts involved, showed no devel- !. opments.
 There are nothing but compliments | for the Americans upon the occasion | of their first appearance in an attack | side by side with British troops. To ! the Australians who formed the major 1 portion of the force which carried out | the brilliant Fourth of July attack on | the Amiens front northeast of Villers- BrettOneux is conceded the larger part |, of the glory. The hitherto untried | American troops are coming in for the {, highest praise for the part they took in the fighting through HameI
 Details of the Americans behavior l indicate that in the fighting spirit and I effectiveness in pushing back the en- emy they were not excelled even by . the traditiOnally gallant seasoned vet 1 erans in whose company they received 1 their baptism of fire Their losses are !; reported to have been extremely light. ]
 WASHINGTON, July 6.-Austrian losses in the recent unsuccessful of- fensive against Italy and during the Italian counter offensive are estimat- ed at between 200, ,O00 and 25O, ,O0G in- cluding at least 50,0O0 killed, in an official dispatch today from Rome based upon testimony of numerous prisoners.
 The message says the Austrians per sist in beating the ground about posi- tions captured by the Italians with strong but intellectual artillery fire. It adds:
 Prisoners taken at Monte Grappa state the Austrians had no idea they could be beaten from their strong po- sitiOns in 20 minutes. The enemy's losses were very heavy. his rear ser vice was badly disOrganiZed and the