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Show ITAIUNS TAIF Heavy Fighting Continues and Important Progress Is Made Toward Triest. CAPTURE 22,419 MEN Trenches Are Carried for Long Distance Other Advances Ad-vances Made by Italians. ROME, May 26, via London, 5:54 p m. The Italians have cantured 3500 moro prisoners on the Carso, the war office announces. Heavy fighting continues. con-tinues. The Italians made Important progress prog-ress in tho coastal region in tho direction direc-tion of Triest. They carried trenches from the mouth of the TImavo river, on the Gulf of Triest, to a point east of Jamlano and also the heights between be-tween Flondar and Medeazza, The Italians also made progress east of Boscomalo, in tho region of Cas-tagnavizza, Cas-tagnavizza, north of TIvoll and in tho Plava zone. The statement says the number of prisoners taken on the Julian front from May 14 up to yesterday is 22.419. |