Show HUNS DEFEATED IN BATTLES ON ONI ITALIAN FRONT FRONTI I Prisoners and Material l Taken by in Repulse of Counterattacks B 3 BRITISH SHIPS SUNK TJ DURING WEEK Violent Artillery l Activity r Breaks Lull on French Front in r r I London London Jan Sharp Sharp local f fight fight- ht- ht trig ns continues on the Italian mountain front Rome today reported tho the rePulse reul re- re of ot count counterattacks designed de- de Pulse ul o signed to wrest from the u Italians the trains gain ains made mado during the tho last three days day Berlin and Vienna officially denied dented the the Ital Italians Ital- Ital taI taI- loss of an any ground asserting Inns ians were repulsed vas Thero unusually violent artillery activity In Alsace between Thur and Doller DoUer Elsewhere the tho lull continued Eight Ship Sunk Eight British merchantmen sunk b by b mines or submarines last week These figures gures given glyen out by the British admiralty in Its weekly statement state state- ment of or shipping losses shows lows a a. great decrease in the tho number of or vessels sent to the bottom as compared with tho the record for Cor the tho two previous weeks In each of or which the aggregate was tJ twenty N Counter J Rome Jan 16 The Tho Tho AustrIans made mado madea a counterattack yesterday esterday in an effort to recover the positions gained by the Italians in the region of Monte Aso- Aso lone on the northern front on Monda Monday Today's official statement says tho the enem en- en em was repulsed On Monday the Austrians made ma e another an- an another other counterattack east of Capo SUe where the Italians on on the lower front had just made a successful assault their bridgehead This ef effort effort ef ef- fort fort also was frustrated b by the Ital Ital- ians heavy Lo Io en c. Inflicted M- M Italian Arn Army Headquarters In Northern North North- ern ern Hal Italy Tuesday Jan 15 D By the Associated Press The The action east of or the Brenta Drenta river yesterday In which the Italians Inflicted hea heavy losses on the enemy enem and captured several hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred prisoners and a large amount of war material began late In the afternoon after after- noon an and was carried out b by infantry It was directed chiefly against the Monte where the enem enemy boldI boldly bold bold- I ly Iy has set up observation posts overlooking over over- looking the San Lorenzo valley and tho nho Venetian plain leading down to ano U From these thes hel heights the the- enem enemy his Monte Per Per- b by ly position on tica and ancl was as a continued menace his guns having a n range of ot a considerable distance down the valloy val- val loy and over oer the plain T I Army Anny Advance In ID t- t r The Tho cannonade began toward noon batteries seconded sec sec- with the Italian being ably b by French artillery on their Bright A A. heavy fog tog screened tho the move move- ment as M the Infantry was ordered to advance It moved straight up the elope dope of ot Monte through h the snow mud and slush The enemy artillery artillery ar ar- ar- ar intense the tillery fire grew more moro as advance proceeded There Thero was no halt until the positions on Monte Were reached and the enemy advance posts where observations had been conducted i were swept away Along tho tho whole lino the Italians gained a foothold Under tho the concentrated fire of of the enemy lines tho they thoy later were sll slightly after atter laying waste the s-the the tho enemy works The struggle around Monte continues About the tho same time an Incursion into the enemy trenches was made further further fur fur- ther ther east eaxt around Monte Solarolo where prisoners and material were cap cap- V The third bloody fight o occurred on the river Pla Piave whore where the Italians en enlarged en- en lL largel their positions between thel the l lave and Sue Silo rivers and beat back i a counterattack with heavy loss Berlin Jan 16 IG via London French French troops after aCter several hours of ot artillery preparation delivered an attack in tho the vicinity of in the region and temporarily penetrated the German Cerman front trenches arm army headquarters headquarters tel's announced toda today j. j r With the American Arm Army In France Franco Tuesday Jan 15 D By the Associated Press Press Icy Icy roads roada turned into river riverbeds II beds for torrential streams flowing rom the melting snows on the hills l' l together with a downpour of fine rain combined today to make conditions tho the S. S worst the American army has cx- cx since coming to Franc Franci Through the zone of oC tho the arm army It was not not infrequent to find the roads at atI I lined up on tho the sides shies with motor motor motor mo- mo tor trucks which had been ditched drawn Mule vehicles also were mired I r In man many cases i M I A salt producing lake lako near Salinas t I I Station on tho the Tampico division of or the Mexican Central railway two seventy miles west of or San Luis PotosI is one 4 of ot the wonders of or Mexico It ma may be termed a two story lake lale for tor at times there Is i a lake of ot fresh water over over- overlying a lying the salt lake Jake A watertight roof of or green mud separates tho the fresh from the salt BIt water 4 |