Show 1 i I O MA f 1 i I I r I ONER I i AUG U T B i I r IT Mass Greatest I Force Foree to Repel Rep l Invasion Invasion Invasion Inva Inva- sion of T Trieste rieste Violent Vio- Vio v lent Fights Fights' i I Continue 1 By United United Press I LONDON L ONDON Sept 8 Austria Austria has I lost at le st killed wounded and taken aken prisoner b by Y Italian forces force i since August 9 when General Gener assumed his great offensive J Prisoners alone total more th than m I The figures s were contained in semiofficial semiofficial semi semi- sem official dl dispatches patches received today They indicated the tremendous drain drainon on the deal monarchy's man power r which has haR forced Vienna to demand reinforce reinforcements nent of Berlin Fighting was con continuing violently at two points on the battle battlo front front around around Monte fet St at Gabriel and south of Her Her- mada mada- St. St Gabriel was still a stumbling stumbling stumbling bling block bloc in the Italian advance It has peen been een in the hands of General Cador CaI Cadorna's Ca- Ca dor dorna's dornas as a's troops at least five now hut button on each occasion Austrian coun- coun i I tet attacks made regardless of staggering stag- stag gering casualties have wrested It from him himi I The i fighting on the Hermada sector I was in a series of desperate counterattacks counter counterattacks attacks by the Austrians New and Continued d on page 3 PRISONERS C Continued from pa page e 1 picked troops were engaged It is here that Austria evidently feels the menace to Trieste Is strongest and had massed her greatest forces to repel the advance Rome described the situation as en entirely entirely entirely en- en satisfactory today for the tho HalIan ItalIan Italian Ital Hal ian troops By Newton Parke I News Staff Correspondent FIELD HEADQUARTERS OF THE TIlE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE Sept 8 All 8 All of the people of oC Italy ar arc aro I just as united in support of the governments government's governments government's gov gov- I emment's war wr program as the people I of France England or any other of the theother theother other of the older nations according to a declaration made today by Dr Wood Hutchinson famous American physician who has Just returned from froma a visit to Italy and the Italian front Dr Hutchinson who is now visiting the tho American camp said brilliant brilliant bril bril- llant successes of the Italians on the front in the present burst of fighting had bad iad been a severe setback to the Socialists I They have been a setback for the pacifists as well continued Dr Hutchinson The Italian people are enthusiastic and arc are confident that General Cadorna Cadoma will soon cut his way through to Trieste At the outbreak of the thc war Italy was unprepared Industrially in industrially industrially In- In to supply a large army with munitions clothing and other supplies That resulted partly from German but now Italy is splendidly splendidly equipped and the whole war machine machine machine ma ma- chine Is moving with the precision of clockwork There are large stores of provisions and magnificent roads have been built for the transportation of men and sup sup- plies The rationing of the men is excellent excellent ex ex- and so are the sanitation and medical arrangements The soldiers and civilians are well fed and the morale Is splendid |