2 JUNE 1917, Page 1
Austrian positions of considerable importance between Kostan- jevica and the
sea were quickly taken. Heights that had once seemed almost inaccessible to the Italians were abandoned by the Austrians, who had not time always to destroy the guns which they could not remove. On Thursday week the Italians took another thousand prisoners. The Austrian Commander-in-Chief tried to relieve the pressure on the Southern Carso by launching attacks farther north, near Kostanjevica, and much farther north in the Gorizia district. All these schemes failed. With special pleasure we record the unexpected news that British monitors in the Gulf of Trieste have been co-operating with the Italians. The monitors have been shelling the rear of the Austrian positions, paying par- ticular attention to the railway and aircraft stations.
