The victorious Italian Army began last Saturday to attack the
Austrians with the object of recovering some of the important mountain positions east and west of the Brenta Valley. Until the enemy is pushed back well to the north of the Asiago Plateau the Italians cannot contemplate an advance eastwards across the Piave. Our Allies made a good start by taking Monte di Val Bella, west of the Brenta, with two thousand prisoners, and followed it up last Sunday by capturing the Cpl del Rosso and the Col d' Echele. On Monday, east of the Brenta, they took some unnamed hills to the north-west of Monte Grappa, the chief bulwark of their defence. Having thus strengthened their northern flank, the Italians on Tuesday delivered a series of energetic thrusts in the flooded delta of the Lower Piave, east of Venice. They drove the enemy towards the eastern channel of the river, and took nineteen hundred prisoners. General Diaz is evidently both willing and able to take advantage of the enemy's demoralization. Austria, it is clear, will be unable to assist Germany on the French front, and may demand German help in Italy.
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