Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-20
Held Fast on Mountain Front,
Despite FerOciOus Assaults;
Lose 9 900 More Prisoners.
.ITALI ANS CHECK FOE
DRIVE ON THE AISNE
Emperor Charles Inportunes His
Troops to Fight the Battle
Of Their Lives
AMERICANS SMASH PATROL

Associated Press summary issued q N
Austrian pressure on the front from
Lake Garda to the Adriatic d. growing
weaker, although the ghting is still
strenuous along the Piave front from
Monticello to the sea.
Since Sunday the enemy has been held
almost completely in check on the Piaye
line and has made no gains on the noun
tain front. while his loss in prisoners
alone has risen to . 900 Repeated efforts
10 deb0uch from the west bank Of the
river between Monticello and san Done
di Piave have been repulsed sanguinarIly
by the Italians and only around CapO
Sile have the Austrians made any prog
ress.
Austrians Aiming 1T Venice
From Capo Sile the Austrians have
advanced TO the Fossetta canal. which
parallels the lowiands along the sea
coast TO Mestre. suburb Of Venice.
Vienna claims that the canal mas been
crossed At some points southeast Of
Meol0. but Rome reports that the enemy
advances have been repulsed.
Heavy fightIng continues around the
MonteIlo plateau The Ausrrlans have
not vet gained control Of TINS dominating
height nor nave they apparently had
any -uccess III attempting TIP .iebcucn on
70 the lower ground at ~oyll!a, south q
Neryesa
The waters ii the Plave have come to
the aid oi the strongly resisting ltaIlan~.
The British official statement on the
fighting says that the river has risen
suddenly. The rise lis been sufficient 70
carry away many 0i the bridges the
Austrians had thrown across the stream.
EMPEROR APPEALS TO TROOPS.
Emperor Charles. fearful that the
Austriaus BY themselves VIII not Re aole
10 emulate the AusIro-C German success
II last fall on the ISonzo line, personally
IS urging his troops forward he enl-
peror IS said 70 desire sJlu greater Efforts
before calling on Germany Tor Aeip
Meaun 4ll. Internal condition q AUS
tria, especially as regards food, are a4sing
trouble The city council 81 Vienna has
protested against reduction .. the bread
ration and labor organizations IN the
AUSTRIAN capital call toT The speedvst
general peace Thv food Suppoles IN
Austria are reported at the lowest eob
since 1911 Meanwhile there are re-
ports that peace DEMONSTRATORS have
taken place il Berlin. Hamburg and CO.
logue and that several persons were sdllcd
and many arrested.
GROW \ EtiNt = ~lLENt kD-
The German Crown Prince has not r--
aeated his attacks against thc ieteuegS
II Rheims before which 10000 q his
troops were rcpulscd with heavy losses
III night attack tuesday Ihe front
there again Is qaet and the FRENCH
maintain their positions BerAu says The
effort was more an artillery and mime
thr9ver homharduent chan "A infantry
attack, hut All other accounts agree that
the effort was IN great force and that il
was hrl ken up IN desperate lighting ln
front Of The French lines.
Elsewhere on the western front there
has been only minor raldlns activity
ANERIcANs SMASH PATROLS.
Easr Of Chateau Tmerrv American
patrols have crossed the Marine in boats
and besttd enemy patrols IN encounters
In addition to killing a large number If
Germans. the raiders brought back
prisoners. American bombing airplanes
again have bombarded CONTAINS. q rail
road junction midway between Nerduu
and Metz. dropping IS bombs.
German aggression In the Ukraine Is
beginning to reap the wmrlwlud accord
ing to reports from Moscow. revolution
on a large scale has broken our ii hiev the
krainian capital, and there has been
much street fighting there Forty thou
sand armed peasants have risen and the
revolt has spread to the provinces of
Tohernigov and Poltava