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Show Rome Announces Situation Situa-tion Is "Certainly Grave One' 60,000 captured' Isonzo Front Imperiled Emperor of Austria Leading Troops. i ROME, Friday, Oct. 26. A semi-of-j ficial statement says the struggle on , the Isonzo front is more than bitter and that Its alternatives arc undecided. The situation created by the power of; j thecjv5my . say,sthe annaurtccment, is: I "certainly graveV' J LONDON, Oct. 27. Having crossed the Italian boundary line between Canin and the head of the Judrlo valley, val-ley, the enemy Is attempting to reach an opening on the plains, says today's official communication. The Austro-German forces are making mak-ing strong attacks on the Carso ascent. They were repulsed by the Italians. ITALIANS LOSE 60,000. BERLIN, Oct. 27. Sixty thousand Italians have been taken prisoners by the Austrian-German forces in their offensive on the Italian front, army headquarters announced today. Guns to the number of 450 have been captured. cap-tured. The mountain ridge of Stol has been captured from the Italians as has also the summit of Mount Matajur, says the official statement. The statement claims the defeat of the second Italian army and that the Isonzo front of the Italians is imperiled as far as Wippach. Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary lo commanding the attacking Austro-German Austro-German army which, the statement says, Is pressing toward the Italian plain through the spurs of the Julian Alps. |