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Show ITALIAN GENERAL PRAISED FOR HIS RECENT SUCCESS TlKADQl'ARTFRS OF THE ITALIAN ARMY IN NORTHERN ITALY, Jan. 3-iFy 3-iFy the Associated Press W The enemv today attempted to pain the west bank of tho piave river, to offset the loss of Zens.m. but met with a quick repulse, Hml the entire wast bank now is definitely clear and held by the Italians. A landing land-ing party on flat boats attempted to cross near Intestadunt, but an intense artillery and machine gun fire concentrated on the boats led to the abandonment of the attempt at-tempt before the west bank was reached. The general commanding the a rmy corps in the Zen son sector is receiving high encomiums for the tactics which brought about the rout of the enemv from the only nest they were able to maintain on the west bank with heavy enemv losses and virtually no Italian los?. This Krnei'nl in forme,! the correspondent, as mentioned in a dispatch forwarded on Christ mas. that he would not wicrifioe his men by useless frontal a Macks against machine cutis, but would slowly wear out the enemy by continuous concentration of urtiherv mi their positions in the bend of I the river. Many doubled the general's ability to carrv this out. but bis success on December De-cember ;;o in clesring out the enemy and saving his own men is meeting with the highest praise. , The mountain front is comparatively Inactive, In-active, the enemy giving chief attention to air raids, which continue against. Ras-sano Ras-sano Treviso and Mesne, near Venice, without noia hie da mate or casualties. The Ualinn ;ind allied rfir fleet is making vigorous reprisals, bombing stations and: troop columns in movement. An Impressivo public funeral of the vfc- j tinib of the padu;i raids was attended by the municipality and government officials! find a huge concourse of people. The line of funeral cars, with nineteen dead, stretched for blocks. The funeral procession proces-sion passed by the churches and squares wlmre most of the hombs had fallen. , There were many weeping women among those who crowded the streets. j |