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Show 1 Heavy Fighting Still Continues on Italian Line BERLIN, Dec. 26, via London. Violent counter-attacks against the Austro-German positions on Col del Rosso and neighboring heights on both sides broke down yesterday with heavy losses, says the official statement issued by the German general staff. The statement reads: "Italian front: After strong artillery preparation the. snemy violently counter-attacked on Col del Rosso andr the neighboring heights to the west and to the eastward' but the assaults broke down with heavy losses." BERLIN, Dec. 26, via London. There was increased artillery fire yesterday southeast of Ypres on the Belgian front j and near Moeuvres and Marcoing on jhe Cambrai, it was of- j ficialyl announced tonight. French detachments reconnoiter-!ng reconnoiter-!ng south of Juvincourt were repulsed after hand-to-hand fighting. ROME, -Dec. Col del Rosso 'and Monte Val Bella onj :he Asiago plateau were recaptured by Italian forces in a! :ounter-attack j'esterday but it was found impossible to hold :hem, the war office announced today. I I jf 1ST REVIEW OF WAR SITUATION. mt Positions on and around Col. del Si Rosso, on the Italian northern front pSp'aro still in dispute, according to to-li to-li day's official statement from Berlin 'J "Which reports another violent counter -9i-attack there by the Italians. This is i declared to have broken down with 1 heavy losses. IS! The latest report on the staltus of mi the Russo-German peace negotiations Wl iS ,nat uflcr a day's postponement of Hj the resumption of the parley at Brest-fi Brest-fi Litovsk the Germans have asked for a postponement of virtually a month i'''W DronosmS a delay until January 24. w This report comes in a news agency K dispatch from Petrograd. |