The grand Italian offensive began last Sunday morning. Our Allies
attacked on the whole line from Monte Nero, on the Upper Isonzo, to the sea—over thirty miles as the crow flies. They soon captured all the enemy's advanced positions, which were shattered by an appalling bombardment, in which heavy British artillery and British monitors off the coast took an active part. The Aus- trians, who had been strongly reinforced, resisted stubbornly, but were slowly pushed back and driven from their seemingly impreg- nable rock fortresses. General Cadorna hoe given few details of his success, beyond recording that he took seven thousand prisoners on Sunday, and by Tuesday night had increased the total to over thirteen thousand unwounded men, with three hundred and eleven officers, and thirty guns. But on Monday he reported that on the Came the enemy line was beginning to bend and give way at various points.
