Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-07-07 | Page 7 | Last Austrian Driven over Piave

I lA LAST T AU AUSTRIAN THIAN D DRIVEN OV OVER PIAVE Italians Now Hold Entire Right Bank of River RiverBy By Associated Press Preas RO ROME IE July 6 After G. After five days clays of oC uninterrupted struggle says tho the late official communication the enemy was vas completely driven on to tho the left lert bank of ot the pew new Piave Saturday after after- noon neon Tho The Italian statement reads read On tho the lower our pressure Is Ie continuing firmly Yesterday having broken up most of ot the stubborn enemy defense at every overy yard we gained more ground reaching tho the right bank of ot the new from ol rn to the river mouth More Mora than prisoners including Including in including In- In six officers remained in our hands FOE DASHED BACKA BACK A A violent counter offensive at attempted attempted attempted at- at tempted b by the enemy In the direction of was arrested Renewed Renewal violent attacks on our po positions positions positions po- po on Port dl Salton and attempts to assault our patrols on Monte Monto Corono failed Our aviators were vcr very active In bombarding enemy troop centers beyond beyond boond be bo- yond ond tho the lower Jowel Two enemy airplanes wore were brought down AUSTRIAN VERSION AMSTERDAM A July 6 An G.-An An Austrian I official statement received hero here says ays A detachment of ot our torpedo boats hoats encountered a superior enemy torpedo force Corce on July 2 A violent engagement occurred at short range A largo large enemy destroyer was set another was severely damaged The enemy retired swiftly Our vessels were little damaged afew n a few men were slightly wounded Regarding operations on the tho Italian front the Austrian statement Austrian statement reads ADMIT PI PIAVE AVE FAILURE At the mouth of or tho the Piave the lighting fighting continued yesterday esterday On the thu southern wing of our positions the tho enem enemy succeeded In pressing us back I I toward our OUi main bod body On the Venetian mountain front yesterday tho the fighting activity was limited tp the artillery fire Ire of ot both sides Early today tho the Italians launched renewed violent thrusts in tho the Solarolo region and near Asiago The Tho attempts wore repulsed cj I