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Show GROUND COVERED WITH ENEMY DEAD, SAY AUSTRIANS VIENNA, via London, May 2. S:5' p. in. The Austrian war office today made public the following ofllcial communication: com-munication: Eastern theater: The Increased en-emv en-emv artillerv activity continues. Italian theater: The fighting on the Isonzo front vesterduv slackened considerably. con-siderably. North of the Vipacco valley val-ley the fish ting on both sides was limited to artillery firing. On the Carso plateau, after four days of hot lighting, the Italian attack dissolved Into local independent and partial attarks. Two such attacks undertaken with considerable forces yesterday were repulsed ntar Jam-iano. Jam-iano. In the same region the enemy made three attempts to rush our lines in t he early morning. Our brave Stvrlan littoral volunteer sharpshooters sharpshoot-ers repulsed the attack, during which a Warhurgian battalion took 3"U men and two machine guns. Attacks by Italian columns which ad a need simultaneously near Cas-tagnlvlzza Cas-tagnlvlzza failed under the tire of our battalions. All reports from our observers agree that the losses the enemy has suffered suf-fered considerahly Kurpasg the sacrifices sacri-fices the Italians made in the previous Isonzo battles. The ground before our positions is covered with the bodies of 1 taliana. On the C'arinthian and Tyrolean fronts there is nothing to report. |