Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-07-02 | Page 1 | Italians Retake Hills

Violent andAAr- tillery Fire Diuch RETURN FIRE'MVERE Airplanes Shower ' Enemy Ene-my With BomfysrrAus-trians BomfysrrAus-trians Suffer Heavily. ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Monday, July 1. (By theif' Associated Press.) The local actions resulting in the re-conquest of Monte,;Di.Vaf Bella, Col Del Rosso, and Col' Di .Chelo. had for Uieir objects the widening of the Italian front west of the Brenta and the driving of tho enemy from,' the positions po-sitions he captured last .Christmas, lost to the Italians in January and regained on Juno 15. ; The Italian losses Were -slight compared com-pared to those sustained by, the Aus-.tria.ns.Th Aus-.tria.ns.Th w?s duo,.amost .entirely to ' the violence and accuracy- oX the Italian Ital-ian and allied artillery fire. Un.der cover cov-er of this fire the infantry .was able to take the enemy positions, j without much opposition and totaigon.at-'pnce. The Austrian artilleqj return 1 fire has been severo, somo shells reaching the plains behind tho lines and destroying de-stroying houses centuries old. Trees 150 years old on Monte Mela have been torn up. . The attack on Col Del 'Rosso began Sunday morning shortly .'.afternoon. Tho Italians took Uie jfpighttfrom the Third Edelwois division which -formerly fought under Emperor Cha'rles. The division suffered severely. Italian airplanes air-planes showered them -.with bombs whllo the Bersaglieri exacted a heavy toll in hand-to-hand -flgh.tiri Many of the Bersaglieri wore moir rxg& fatigue caps during the battle." .