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Show NIGHTFALL STOPS FIGHTING; TEUTON LOSSES ARE HEAVY ROMJC, fee. ."-. After mi all-day tattle tat-tle yesterday on the Italian mountain front, the enemy reached Gol Cnprltle, tho war oftlee nunouneed today. Nightfall stopped the flphtiim. The Italian (mop held firnilv on positions a little to the rear of Col Caprillc. The text reads: During yesterda--- the he. I tie- between be-tween the Jiientn and the 'i:up continued con-tinued fiercely. The art 11 lei y si nin-Kle, nin-Kle, which haa been repeated nl Intervals In-tervals in the ntKkt. became violcrii ap;iin at dawn and continued wilt. out interruption. Gaily in the afternoon (he enemy laniehi-d his niasncH of infantiv to atta-k. In the Col Hella Beretta region, nl-thouRh nl-thouRh a counter-oficnsive on our part, uimln nt lihtenfnj; tho enemy presume, sueceeib-i.i twice in reach -intj the summit, of Monte (Vrtica and attraetinj; hur.c enemy furccs to that point, the enemy thrust v as ninut violent on ol (.Miirille ate to t hn south of ol Delia JJeietla. The assa ult w as miHta inert by on r ti oops and i ompletly repulsed In a count er-ai tack w hicb inflict ed heavy losses on t!ie enemy. Tiie ciirmy, wiio had never diminished dimin-ished his Intense bomba nl 'oen t of our positions, bewail hi artillioy preparation prepara-tion afcain, renewed his force ;m repeated re-peated the a'.la'-H. fiiK-ce.-dimr In reachint.' the fo Cnprille, Our troo)i held firm to the plth-(p a Httlo to I lie tear, and nil.'fall stopped ttie fiKhi inn. At the bead of the Moid e Solavoln salient llie enemy alt.irKed in fi.ie at 1 2 :."!' a. "l. This was nppnrtfri In- a Kei'ondaiy aetimj Hir-e1e( in1-: f'ol ! el Tiisii anil KOSt;do"d bv a tnor't Inteiife firtiib'!-'.' fiir. v.hh h fWe;it oui-line. oui-line. This attach wan Tei.nlsed and the eneniv snfiewd iea- Ioswh In a cMjirter-atla' U. W" a-;;. in atia-'lu-d 4 p. ni., but a linl her r ( , I U 1 1 e V - ; I -la k on our .1 ' t l"iee,l ljni to re-l re-l ii e and sinmend sr 1 1 1 lei action for the n,. Tiie Manm: of f,i:r troops of tl. foil 1 1 h a rr. . V d in ire: t his t icrcr- and bitter Htn, (;:;!, wl.i'v he- be-ii prn-cep.lln- fnl' four d'rVS hfte.i ritenta and 1h'' Piavc. h.-s bc-n wort)v the tite.ttoeM of t!i hour. |