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Show ITALIAN FORCES MAKE GAINS AND TAKE PRISONERS ROME, Aug. 1-f. Italian forces have occupied Monte Mantello, Punta dl Mat-teo Mat-teo and the spur southeast of Cima Higo-Ion, Higo-Ion, north of the Adamello region, according accord-ing to an official statement fsstred b the war office. They have taken 100 prisoners. prison-ers. The statement reads: The hostile artillery was active during dur-ing the night on the battle front. There was no infantry action. At midday yesterday local hostile attacks in the Dickebusch sector were repulsed. During the night the enemy artillery has shown considerable activity ac-tivity in this neighborhood and also against our positions northwest of KemtueL We secured prisoners last night in a successful raid near Ayette. In the- Yienx-BerqulR- sector our patrols succeeded in establishing- a line east of the village. A number of prisoners and machine guns were captured. 1 Our line has been advanced, slightly east of Meteren. |