Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-06-27
Italy's Victory Likely to Assume
Proportion of veritabIe Tri-
umph for Diaz Army.
$4,000 ARE CAPTURED
Other Spells Taken.-MonteIIo
Plateau and Towns Ale Recap
tured by Storm.

Washington, June 25.-Confdence at
Rome that the war may be brought to
a victorious close this year, if the
Allies give the Italians a full measure
of support in the offensive which has
been launched against the Austrians,
is reflected in official wireless dis
patches received from the Italian cap
ital.
Information from secret sources
shows that many divisions of German
troops have been detached from the
front in France and are being rushed
to the aid of the Austrian army.
VeritabIe Triumph.
London, June 25.-Italy's victory ov-
er the Austrians on the Pave front
appears likely to u the proper
tons of a veritable triumph for the
Italians and a disaster of great mag
nitude for the defeated enemy.
Already, it is announced in official
dispatches from Rome, the Austrians
have lost $4,000 men in prisoners and
% duo1lllllCS VI 1dl, luC
extent Of their other casualties may
be indicated by the thousands of
bodies floating i'll the waters of the
swollen river.
Cannon Abandoned.
Unable to force his way further than
the immediate vicinity of the west
bank of the river, and with bridges
thrown across the stream swept away,
by the swirling waters Of the flood
pouring down from the mountains, the
enemy began a precipitate retreat. So
hasty was his withdrawal that he
left a great many annon on the west
bank of the Piave, while his retreating
infantry columns, according to news
dispatches, already are peing pressed
by Italian detachments thrown owe
to the easterly side of the stream.
w. invaders Pursued.
From the Montello plateau south
ward to the Adriatic comes the same
story Of the Austrian retreat.
Piave river formerly emptied into the
sea quite near Venice, but in recent
years it's course has changed to its
present location. In the first rush OF
the Austrian offensive the enemy sue
ceeded in crossing the old river bed,
which now It. a canal. From their DO
sitions there the foe has been driven
and the Italians are relentlessly press.
ing the pursuit.
Bombers Cross Plave.
The latest news dispatches from the
Piave river front tell Of Italian bomb
Ing units being thrown across the
main stream of the Piave, which
seems to indicate that the Austrian
retreat was not stayed at the eastern
bank Of the river. There is every in
dication that the Au~trian hunger of
fensive" has bean a forlorn hope fol
several days. The effect of the detea
on the internal conditions of Austria
Hungary can only be conjectured, bu
1t may be that the Italians have deal
the enemy,-a harder blow than tina
merely involved in the military fea
of pushing him back across the Plave
Italians Win In West.
Coincident with the Italian victor,
of the Piave the news of tn
Italian units on the Marne-Rheim
sector repulsing a second heavy Gel
man attack on the heights of Bilgn,
just to the west of the city of Rheims
The German failure was as complet
as was the original blow.
A German attack on the French a
Antheuil, west of the Disc, was bea
en- off.
British troops have taken prisoner
and inflicted casualties in local oper;
lions along their sectors of the fror
in France