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Show VAINATIACKS" H OF AUSTRIA! Troops Unable to Throw Ital- H ian Forces Back From iH Conquered Positions. '" IH INTENSE ARTILLERY FIRE j Infantry Companies Capture , il Strongly Fortified Heights lll at Point of bayonet. i'l Rome, via Paris, Aug. 12, 3:15 a. ;-J m. The following statement issued jl by Italian army headquarters under H date of August 11: H "In Cadore while our artillery con- l tlnues to operate against powerful de- H fensivo works in the upper valleys, H the enemy tried by frequent, but vain jH attacks, to throw us back from some IH of our recently conquered positions. H Thus, on August 9, our troops repuls- ed an attack In the Sexton valley jjH against Fonte del Rimbian'co and an M H advance of the enemy In force from l( jl Freikofel. - IH "In Carnia are reported intense ac- I' tlon by our artillery and advances by j! our infantry. The enemy tried un- , H successfully to place movable wire H entanglements before our trenches on H Monte Medatta. ' M Double Attack Repulsed. .j' M "Near Plava yesterday, at nightfall ' our troops successfully repulsed a JH double attack by the enemy, who was i ' supported by strong artillery. M "On the Carso plateau, after having H on tho night of the 10th repulsed at- H tapks In the zone of Scibusi, we de- ' I H llvered a counter attack in the morn- f I ing obtaining sensible advantages in I H some parts of the front. Our inian- j1 I j try charged with such dash that two "J l companies succeeded in capturing at 1 IH the point of the bayonet strongly for- I H tified heights, situated well, inside the , ' H enemy's lines. This position was not jH retained on account of the powerful ' H concentrated artillery fire and vigor- H ous counter attacks of the enemy. The )i M enemy's counter attacks however, i tM broke against the resistance of our H forces posted in other conquered po- . sitions in the rear. ) frjl "In the Monfalcone section, Austri- ' H an artillery renewed its hombardmont ! t IH but this time without result" -, ' jH |