Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-21 | Page 2 | Claim Italian Defeat

j Claim Italian Defeat. KICK LIN. Nov. 0, via London. Strong : Italian counter-attacks against positions ! captured on ths northern slone of Monte Tomba. on the mountain front near the upper Piave, were unsuccessful, the war ! office announces. Heavy firing continues i in this sector. The text of the statement reads: I Italian front: Strong Italian counter-attacks ngains; the positions cap- tured by us on the northern slope of Mor.te Tomba led yesterday to desperate des-perate fighting. The fire of our ar-tiilerv ar-tiilerv and machine guns thinned the ranks of the enemy, who stormed in close masses, and our infantry drove him back into his former positions. Strong firing continues in this fighting fight-ing sector. Un the lower Piave there was nothing noth-ing new to report.