Show ITAliANS STill ARE CONTINUING G OFFENSIVE Now v Engaged in Capturing Difficult Difficult Difficult Dif Dif- Dif Dif- Position Near rego Says Report 1 Rome nOmE July 18 via Ia London The fol- fol official statement was wag as Issued f h t l I Italian general staff Our Om troops troop continuing the offensive be began an aU auspiciously somo days Ilas a ago D against the groups of forts near Fal- Fal rego and andral Val ral Livinallongo LI now are arc engaged In capturing the high and difficult difficult dif dif- lr- lr re region lon situated between them Surmounting f yesterday e telda grave gra difficulties of or the rain and the desperate resistance of oC the enemy we reached the line which stretches from Bois Ibis Pass and summit as ns far tar as the tho slopes of Lana Pass Especially brilliant was the action of oC our Infantry In fighting righting for tor th the possessIon possession possession pos pos- session of oC th the slopes which descend from the Lana p pass pg g to Salesi and Agal Agai In tho the Andras valley Under a murderous murderous murderous mur mur- derous fire th they y stormed with ith tho the bayonet bayonet bay bay- onet the tho enemy's advanced entrenchments entrenchments entrench entrench- ments and now are aro strengthening the ground In the Isonzo zone the enemy shows Increasing activity around Plezzo The They made numerous weak assaults on the evening e of ot July 1 15 against t our positions po po- on the heights forming the bridge head of ot Pia Plava va but without re re- re sult suit On tho the night of or July 16 two of our airships bombarded enemy works around Gorizia and camps on the northern northern north north- em ern slopes of ot Monte San Sl Michele In Carso Careo with satisfactory results The airships which were constantly lI lighted up b by the tho flares and severely cannonaded cannonaded cannonaded cannon cannon- returned safely at dawn n Small encounters favorable to tho the Italians Bra are reported In the Tirolo Trentino and Carnia districts The fire of ot our heavy artillery has hns cause caused ex explosions ex- ex and nd a serious conflagration In Inthe Inthe Inthe the enemy enem- works In pass No 0 change e has occurred on the tho Isonzo tro front n t. t |