OCR Text |
Show VIENNA CLAIMS REPULSE OF THE ROMAN ATTACKS LONDON. May 2S. 1:23 a. m. The complete com-plete repulse of all Italian attacks after most furious fighting is claimed In an official statement issued by the Austrian war office on Sunday, The statement also asserts that more than 13. 00 un-wounded un-wounded Italians have been captured In the sixteen days of the Italian offensive. offen-sive. The text of the announcement follows: On t lie Car?o plateau the enemy yesterday again concentrated mighty masses for an assault. At Fajti and near Catagravizza the fighting came to a standstill before our foremost trenches. Between Jamiano and the sea the furhting was severe and several - heights changed hands rapidly during the day. Our defenses regained unbroken. un-broken. The Homed regiments repulsed re-pulsed seventeen attacks in forty-eight forty-eight hours, besides thrice storming a height. Artillery Lieutenant A rch-riuke rch-riuke Leopold, with a handful of gunners, gun-ners, joined an Infantry regiment in a front line assault and brought back to machine g'im. The prisoners brought in on the Carso plateau since May 23 now number num-ber 25'"1 officers and more thfin Tnrt men. Altogether, since the beginning of the battle, more than n.nno un-wounded un-wounded Italians have been captured. |