17 JUNE 1916, Page 1
We record without surprise, but with great satisfaction, the news
that the Italians are holding their own in the Trentino. It is now the turn of the Italians to show us the essential fact about trench fighting—namely, that if the flanks hold firm the breaking of the centre is comparatively a useless performance. A direct advance through the hole blasted by a frontal attack is impossible without risk of envelopment.
