The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1918-06-28
TEUTON DEAD LITTER BATTLE
FIELD AS TERRIFIC sLAuGH-
TER CONTINUES.
AUSTRIANS SURRENDER
APPALLING LOSSES SHOWN AS
AUsTRIANs STRUGGLE TO
CROSS PiAVE.

Rome, June 26.-Italian troops have
forced the last rear guard OF the re-
treating Austrians to surrender and
completely reoccupied the west bank
of the Piave. the war office an
nounces. General Diaz places the
number of prisoners at 10000. One
report places the Austrian casualties
at 100000 men In addition the enemy
lost large stores of munitions and sup
plies and many guns.
Earlier reports emphasized the
crushing manner in which the Aus
trians have been defeated. The mag
nitude of the Italians victory grows
more apparent with every fresh report
The Austrian retreat has been turned
into virtually a debacle
The Italians have opened fresh at
tacks in the mountain zone (sector of
the Asiago plateaur and have scored
an advance there despite strong pres
sure from the enemy. There has been
hard fighting in the Monte Bella and
Monte Asolone sectors.
Czech-Slovaks, Jugo-Slavs, Ruman-
ians, Serbians and other nationalities
oppressed by Austrians, were repre-
scented at demonstration to the VIC
torious- Italian forces given by the
British ambassador at Rome.
On the front in France and Belgium
bombardments and raiding operations,
the latter in considerable strength
continue. The French, near Leport
north of the Aisne, have repulsed a
German attack. but ON several other
sectors, notably in the Woevre and in
Lorraine, themselves have carried out
successful raids and taken prisoners
The Canadians near Arras have been
successful.
Spontaneously with the defeat of
the Austrians in Italy and the spirit
of unrest prevalent in the dual mon
archy. comes Foreign Secretary Won
Kuehlmann's Acknowledgement from
Germany that that country is DESTROYS
of peace.
Rome, June 25.-Tae dcfc:.t of the
Austrian armies on the western bank
of the Piave river is complete. Ad-
mission is made by the Austrian war
office that the troops of Emperor
Charles Lave been forced TO evacuate
the Monticello plateau, over which they
had hoped to press their way and
gain the Venetian plains, and some
sectors" Of the positions they attained
last week on the bank of the river
between the plateau and tie point
where the stream empties into the
Adriatic. Bad weather and the rising
of the Piave under the heavy rainfalls
are assigned as the reasons for the
withdrawal of the Austrians. But the
Rome war office asserts that 1t was
the impetuous attacks of the Italians
that brought about the failure of an
operation which was started with the
intention Of crushing the armies of
Gen. Diaz and forcing the Italians,
like the Russians, to accept Teu-
tonic allied peace. Along tie river
the Italians have pressed back the in
vaders of their territory until only
small units remain on the western
bank, and across the stream King Vic
tor Emmanuel s men are keeping we'll
on the heels of the retreating enemy,
who is fleeing in disorder. Again the
cavalry has been thrown into the
fighting and is harassing the enemy.
while machine guns from the ground
and from aircraft. sore of the latter
operated by American aviators, are
working havoc among the riceing Aus
trian columns.
So hurried was the retrograde move
ment of the Austrians at some points
that they did not take time even to at
tempt to save their guns and stores,
great quantities of which now are in
Italian bands. All but one of the
bridges left for the Austrian retreat
across the Piave have been destroyed
by the Italian artillery.
With the American Forces on the
Marine, June 25.-American troops on
the Marine front captured the north
western part of Belleu wood. The
Americans cleared this strategic posi-
ton of all Germans. captured some
prisoners and took five machine guns.
The Americans now are in complete
possession of the woods.
Trench Gun Explosion Kills Two.
Baltimore, Md-Two soldiers were
killed and third severely injured by
the premature explosion of trench
mortar bomb at the army proving