29 SEPTEMBER 1917, Page 1

The position on the Italian front is unchanged. To the

north of Gorizia, Monte San Gabriele is still partly held by the Austrians, and the summit, swept by shell-fire, is untenable for either side. On the Carso the Italians slightly improved their lino near Selo last Sunday. The Austrians have been strongly reinforced, and the great natural strength of their defences enables them to retard General Cadorna's advance, although their troops are manifestly inferior to the Italians. There has been much desultory fighting in the Trentino, especially hi the Dolomites, whose fairy peaks have been rudely gashed by mine and counter-mine.