Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-06-25 | Page 4 | Italy Ablaze with Joy as Result of Piave Victory

ITALY ABLAZE WITH JOY AS RESULT OF PIAVE VICTORY V A SI I ! N'ljTON, .lime 24. Italy is ahlnzti with enihusiasm and joy as the rRUlt of the Italian victory aloiif? the I'iavo. the Italian embassy was advised tod;iv in a cahleKram from Rome. Beyond Be-yond telling of the effective co-operation of the Italian pea forces with the firmv. the message added little to previous pre-vious accounts of the Austrian retreat. "The enemy." said the dispatch, "has hren neateji hack across the Piave from Montello to the sea. Italy is ablaze with-enthusiasm with-enthusiasm and joy. "The Italian navy has effectively cooperated, co-operated, to the defeat of tho enemy by battering tho positions alonif the Trr-liiimento Trr-liiimento river and north of Castellazzo, while the marine battalions operating alonq- the lower Piave advanced and cap-I cap-I tnrod hundreds of prisoners. "The A ust ria n aviators made an in -cursion on Brindisi. Of nine planes which took part in the expedition, two were shot down and the others forced to retire without doing- any damage. In retaliation. Italian and British aviators bombed Cattaro and Durazzo. "A great demonstration of greeting to Italy and the oppressed nationalities of Austria was held this afternoon in the gardens of the British embassy by in-iliaifve in-iliaifve of the British ambassador. Rumanian Ru-manian officers and the Rumanian legion are about to leave for the Piave front to fight in the Italian army against the common enemy."