Show ROM ROMANS NS WIN VIN VICTORY BY BY- i BRilliANT i Or ONSLAUGHT SlAUGHT Strategic Bridgehead Which Menaced Venice Is I s Taken After Terrific Battle of Several Days Duration r RIGHT BANK BAND OF RIVER RIVERIS IS ALMOST CLEARED Artillery Duels Continue in m West British Make Ma e F Further rth r Gains in in Holy HolyLand HolyLand Land Turk Turl Loss Heavy ANOTHER A NOTHER reverse for the Teutonic allied arms following that ed by the thc French troops in their initial drive on the northern front in Italy has been brought about by the Italians in a sharp attack in the famous famous famous fa fa- fa- fa Zenson loop on the lower reaches of the river Here Hero the enemy has been driven to the tho eastern bank of ot the tho stream from positions he had held sInce the ItalIans Italians Italians Ital Ital- ians In their retrograde movement from the Isonzo made their stand along the western estern shore of or the Piave Thus the tho entire right bank of ot tho the Piave PIa has been cleared of ot the Invaders except far to the north where the battle line runs westward from the stream through the hill region Los Losses ex II henry Heavy en- en Tho The fighting for tor the tho Zenson bridgehead bridgehead bridge bridge- head had been In progress since last Thursday tho the Italians keeping c energetically ener energetically ener- ener er- er after the foe toe In order to re regain regain re- re gain the position which always s 's has been considered a menace to Venice Heavy casualties were inflicted on the enem enemy by the artillery and fire of or the Italians before he be was forced to the time stream On the northern front the Infantry again Is idle for tor the moment but tho big big- guns JUns of both sides are keeping up Intensive duels on various arlous sectors particularly around Monte Tomba anti and andon antion on the Asiago pl plateau The enemy is continuing his air raids over over important important tant towns on the plain his latest at attack attack nt- nt tack taek having been directed against VIcenza Bassano Dassano Castel 1 Franco ranco and Treviso Tre Thirteen persons persona were killed four forty others wounded tho the and majority of ot them civilians Only small material dama damage e resulted 1 from the thc now new raids In W nt t Likewise the operations on the fronts In France and Belgium are befog be beIng being be- be ing fog confined almost exclusively to bombardments although tho the German war office claims a n. further gain of ground round by the tho o army of ot Crown PrInce Rupprecht of ot Bavaria over the British south of in the S sector C C t O F. F There are persistent reports that heavy fighting is In progress between Cossacks and Bosho troops In southwestern Russia and that the casualties hn have been bea heavy beaNo No authentic nature have details of oC an yet yot come como through but tho the reports sa say the have been boen defeated on the tho southwestern front with numerous losses of ot men and Suns guns uns but that the thc they of oC have ha occupied the Important town Polla a aStill made marle has boon bean Still further progress the British troops op operating bv by b e against t the Turks In n Palestine n north Jerusalem The fhe Turks In the fightIng fight fight- of ot several days have Jost lost tho the last lag Ing of ot killed and more than 1000 men made prisoner |