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Show VIENNA REPORTS HEAVY DEFEAT FOR THE ITALIAN ARMY VIENNA, Thursday, Dec. 6. via London, Lon-don, Dec. 7, British admiralty per Wireless Wire-less Press. The Austro-Hungarian general gen-eral headquarters today issued the following fol-lowing c o m m u n I ea t i o n : Tlie enemy has suffered a heavy defeat. Early Tuesday, after powerful power-ful artillery preparation, in which German batteries co-operated with the troops under Field Marshal Conrad, Con-rad, we launched an attack against tbe mountain positions in the Me-letta Me-letta region. The snow and severe cold rendered progress difficult, but the careful preparation and tbe bravery brav-ery of the attackers natives from all parts of Austria-Hungary were able to overcome every counter measure. mea-sure. Early Wednesday, Monte Badenee-che Badenee-che and Monte Tondarecar fell, and at middayKaiserjaeger regiment No. 3 stood on Monte Gifla. ' Toward evening eve-ning the Italian resisance on the Meletta ridge broke down before our encircling and storming attacks Enemy reinforcement s coming up from Valstagna were taken on the Hank by the Are of our batteries. During the morning hours yesterday yester-day the enemy, after a bitter struggle, strug-gle, lost Monte Hello and the rear positions po-sitions near Foza. At 2 in the afternoon after-noon the brave Italian defenders, who had been completely cut off for twenty-four boms on Monte CasteU gomberto. laid down their arms. All the terrain north of Frenzela ravine is in our hands. In addition to their important sanguinary san-guinary looses, the Italians in t hese. two days lost more than H.nOO prisoners pris-oners and over sixty guns. Our losses were small. -ar. |