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Show FURiOOS FIGHT - CONTINUES ON . ISONZOFRONT Italians Firmly Established Just Under the Crest of Monte San Gabriele; Many Casualties. RUSSIANS WIN IN NORTHERN SECTOR German Cavalry Forced to Withdraw From Posts Near Riga; British Air-men Air-men Drop Bombs. JEROME. JE-ROME. 'Sept. 12. The battle between Auslrians and Italians for the possession of Monte San Gabriele is waging furious--ly, according to the official statement issued is-sued today by the Italian war department. depart-ment. New Austrian forces yesterday renewed re-newed their attempts to, dislodge the Italians from the slopes of the height, but rrtor arh'-anrinfr at a few "Doints they were " stopped by the main Kalian line of occupation. oc-cupation. I" DINE, Italy, Wednesday, Sept. 12 (delayed). (de-layed). Italians and Austro-Hungarians fire engaged in bitter fighting for possession pos-session of Monte San Gabriele on the Isonzo front. A bulletin issued today by - General Cadorna mentioning Monte San Gabriele for' the first time reveals that intense righting for possession of that , point, has been going on since the taking of Monte Santo by the Italians. While the top of- Monte San Gabriele has not yet been captured, the Italians jire now firmly established just under " i lie crest and out of range of the Austrian Aus-trian artillerv fire. The Austrian resistance re-sistance has been of the most desperate characier and there have been heavy losses on both sides. VIENNA, Wednesday, Sept. 12, via London, Sept. 13. ( tiritlsh admiralty per Wireless Press.) "The Italian losses in N r. the eleventh Isonzo battle," says an official of-ficial statement issued today by the Austrian Aus-trian war office, "have reached almost a quarter of a million. including 20,000 prisoners." The statement follows: Kalian theater: The pause in the fighting along the Isonzo continues. The result of the eleventh Isonzo battle, which started August 1", is that there is no change in the war situation in the southwest and that the battle up to the present undoubtedly undoubt-edly is an Italian failure. On the Carso plateau the conquest or Solo, which at the beginning of the fihtin was situated in our foremost fore-most line, is the only advantage gained by the enemy. Trenches lost temporarily tem-porarily dn the southern wing of the Ciirsu "position were recaptured. In the Wippach valley and near Gorizia our engagements also were successful, not one trench having remained re-mained In the hands of the enemy. On the Bainsizza-l-leiligeKeha.it plateau the Kalians obtained a success which caused our chief command to w i t hd ra w its f ron i line from t wo to even kilometers on a front of fifteen kilometers. Since then all attempts by the enemy to extend his first gain have been made at great sacrifices. Powerful attacks ha ve taken place , again Monte San Gabriele and on the sector northeast thereof. During t he eleventh Isonzo bat tie the Italians hod engaged forty-eight ' divisions on a front which hardly aggregates ag-gregates as many kilometers. The Kalian losses have been correspondingly correspond-ingly high Including 20.000 prisoners, they amount to IN',0.000 that is to say, almost a quarter of a million. On the Albanian front the enemy ; ' yesterday afternoon attacked our mountain positions east of Poeradeo. but everywhere was repulsed, at two places by a brisk counter thrust by A tifitro-Hungarian battalions. South of Herat enemy ra id ing detachments were repulsed by our outposts during lively combats. An Italian squadron has shelled the ancient monastery of Pojani from the sea. Airmen also have bombed Po-jant. Po-jant. killing several inhabitants. |