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Show ITALY REPORTS RETIREMENT IN SUGANA VALLEY ROME, via London, May 23. The following fol-lowing official communication was issued today: Between "Lake Garda and the Affige assemblages of enemy troops have nee-n ooservea in me wva unts, there has been aerial activity by the enemv on Monte Baldo. From the Adise to the Astico there have been' only reconnaissances. Between theAstlco and the Brent a, and in t he Sugana valley, after a repulse re-pulse of enemy attacks against our advanced lines yesterday, our troops . gradually retired on their main lines of defense. The movement was executed exe-cuted in perfect order, and not under pressure by the enemy. I on the upper Cordevole an Italian I detachment took by assault an impor-I impor-I taut enemy position on Mount Self, capturing fifty prisoners and arms and ammunition. Along the remainder of the front there have been artillery actions, which were most intense on the Upper But, on the heights northwest of Go-rizia Go-rizia and in the Monfalcone sector. Enemv aviators have dropped bombs at some points on he Venetian plain. A few persons were wounded, but no damage was done. |