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Show ITLAIAN ADVANCE IS GREAT ACHIEVEMENT Austrian! Driven From Ons Place to Another at the Point of ,. , Bayonet Milan, Aug. 22. The Italian ad-vance ad-vance along tho rocky slopes on both sides of tile Isonzo is a remarknblo achievement. Tho Austrlans wero driven from ono position nftcj another ano-ther at the point of tho, .bayonet and thero are rumors that Important booty has fallen into tho hands of tho ad- vanclng troops. Equally sovero fighting Is In progress pro-gress in tho southeastern nrca of Monto Negro ' whero tho Austrlans hnvo been mnklng superhuman efforts ef-forts to reconquer their Inst positions at Santa Maria and Santa Luccla, but the Italians contlnuo to advance and havo occupied a long line of Austrian Aus-trian trenches on tho northern slopes. Theso two actions go hand In hand In tho face of dlfflcultlcs equal -to thoso encountered nt Rorlzla nnd on tho Carso plateau, where dally progress pro-gress Is also mado tho Italians having tnken sovcrnl Austrian trenches In tho Carso hills. Considerable activity continues In Valsugano whore Italians outposts occupied oc-cupied Cnrzano two months ago, but ovldcutly had to bo withdrawn In tho fnco of lnrgo forces brought up by tho Austrlans and tho proximity of tho grcnt forts, hut tho second nt-tempt nt-tempt of the Itnllans to ndvanco has been successful. Their lines havo been pushed up to tho Valley of tho Mann, which loaves Cnrzano, Cnmon and Breno In Italian possession. Tho Austrian guns wero turned on ono of their own villages, BIovo dl Llvnnallonge, nfter it was occupied by tho Italians. Despairing of recapturing recaptur-ing It, they covered It with n hall of Incendiary shells, destroying tho church and hospitals, |