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Show AUSTRIAN ATTACK DEFEATED BY THE , ITALIAN TROOPS By International News Service. ROME, June 14. The text of today's war omce announcement, telling of the sanguinary check inflicted upon an ambitious am-bitious Austrian attack on the Tonale pass, is as follows: In the early hours yesterdav, after an intense and extended artillery preparation, the enemy attempted to force our defenses In the Tonale pass launching an Infantry attack against the summit of Monticello ridge and Immediately north and south of ' the" important road. The impetus of the assault was broken in our advanced lines, and later counter-attacks and a concentration concen-tration of our artillery arrested the enemy definitely, driving him back. Subsequently a new attack was attempted north of the road, which was promptly crushed by our barrage fire. The losses of the enemy, particularly par-ticularly in the support of positions in his rear, were very heavy. One hundred and thirty prisoners from four different regiments and several machine guns remained in our hands |