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Show TteIpt Italians Disperse Ten Vessels Loaded With Enemy Troops at In-testadura, In-testadura, About Ten Miles From Mouth of the River, and Five JK' Miles From Where " Austrians Retreated. BRITISH PATROLS REPORTED ACTIVE Several Raids Made on Haig's Positions on the Belgian and Arras Fronts Repulsed and Some of the Raiders Are Captured; Heavy Snow in France. t . HOME, Jan. 2. Another attempt lo cross the Piave river has been defeated by Lhc Italians, the -war office announces. Half a acore of vessels loaded with en emy troops were dispersed at Intcsta-duni Intcsta-duni when the crossing was attempted. Krittsli patrols have been active in at-Un at-Un iiinp hostile advanced posts with considers con-siders blc success. The text of the statement reads: The usual artillery actions took place. Italian and English batteries exploded two ' enemy munit Ion depots C Hi r'ntilfRO and south of Ooncgliano. Knqlish patrols atta-fced enemy ad-vanred ad-vanred postj;, Inflicting- losses and . .V c;i pUirinc- prisoners. J ' About ten vessels loaded with troop, whiuli attempted to-approach ihr right bank of Hie Piavo at Tntea-taduni. Tntea-taduni. were dispersed by our fire. Aviators ami Enslis bal trrlrn brought dov. n three enemy airplanes. Two others fell hs the result of aerial battles with Italian and .bYench aviators. avi-ators. During the night enemy avl-;i avl-;i tors dropped a few bombs on Mes-t Mes-t re. anrl Trevijjo. No damage was , done hit were; there any casualties. Knemy o victors also bombed Bassano, whre one person was killed and five pcr.snns were wounded. Klight dam-ace dam-ace was doiip. Our squadron bombed aviation camps at Lacomina and Aviano, causing extensive fire?. Enemy move.inenta at the railwa station of St. Stino do l.ivenza and enemy bar-raKs bar-raKs ha ve boon bombed effectively by an Italian dirigible. Iiiteslndura is on the, west, bank of the Pia.ve. ((Mi mill's from its mouth. It Is .lust above the region ftonded by the Italians In pi-otert Venice and about five miles below the Zensnn bridgehead, which tin- Austrians nhrmdon-d nfler having ha.l a foothold them for .several weel:3 on ihn western bank of the river. |