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Show ITALIAN TROOPS DEFEAT AUSTRIANS LYING IN AMBUSH ROME, via Paris. Sept. t. 10:05 p. m. The following offVlal communication was issued from general headquarters today: Frequent reconnaissances have resulted re-sulted In encounters with enemy detachments, de-tachments, which were obliged to retire. Similar actions, but of greater great-er Importance, occurred September 4 in the Adagle valley near Marco and in fhe San Pellegrino valley, along tse Avislo at a place west of Costa -bella. where we destroyed some in-trenchmenti in-trenchmenti of the enemy. In the Plezzo basin our troops attacked at-tacked and put to flight enemy detachments de-tachments in arnbush on the slope of Monte Robon. and. penetrating their refuge, captured arms ami munitions. In the KorKnica valley (upper Isonzo) one of our detachments drove the enemy from a wood where .he had been embarrassing our lines by his , fire, and later occupied the wood. Enemy aeroplanes have been sl-tempting sl-tempting numerous sudden raids on our territory, but everywhere they have been obliged to retire rapidly. |