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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
2
Allied pilots bombarded Austrians on Montello slopes as Italians and Czechoslovaks fought near Fossalta and the San Dona salient. Prisoners are mainly Hungarians with some Croats and the Austrians suffer heavy losses as supply lines collapse.
The Austrian attack across No Man's Land leads to high casualties as British machine guns pick off troops in close formation. Misreading the front, Austrian intelligence mistook one brigade for the entire line after repeated patrol losses. The error left two Austrian divisions poorly oriented and annihilated in shellholes.
Special cable from Amsterdam reports German commentators deem the Austrian offensive a failure or inconclusive. Deutsche Tageszeitung, Berliner Tageblatt, and Düsseldorfer Nachrichten doubt lasting gains, noting Italian counterfire and surprise at Piave. German press largely cold-shoulders the operation as a mere push.
Special cable reports World War I fighting shifting along the Italian front. Key pressure centers run from Montello to Fonte di Piave with disruptions along rail lines Oderzo Treviso and Porte as operations tighten. Executions of maneuvers indicate a broadening engagement in the theater today.
Austrian forces fight along a narrow Piave river bank near Mestre and Capo Sile, while Italian defenders harry them with continuous fire. The bloodied strip bears numerous casualties and hinders enemy attempts to move heavy artillery hidden on the opposite bank.
Paris reports a La Liberté dispatch quoting Corriere d Italia about Austrian casualties topping 120,000. Milan dispatches recounts Italian leaders Orlando and Bissolati praising morale and unity, noting supreme command and army resilience amid battle.
Italian headquarters in northern Italy report Arnaldo Fraccaroli of Corriere della Sera praising American ambulance crews at the Plave front. He calls their courage under heavy shellfire "authentic living poetry" and notes the ambulances as a striking episode of duty.
Fresh rains flood the Piave River turning it into a swift yellow torrent that wrecks Austrian lines on the western bank. Italian guns and naval pieces on floats harass Austrians along the Treviso Mestre and San Dona di Piave Mestre railway corridor, keeping pressure on the Montello Plateau during a week of hard fighting.
The report credits Capo Sile with delaying Austrian gains toward Venice as floods on the Piave alter the river and flood control secures the area. Italian fields east of the lagoon, locks, and a drained marsh region helped slow the enemy, while American aviators join a Piave bombing expedition and frontline combat intensifies along the Brenta and Montello fronts.
The Nervesa town area was set on fire by Italian artillery as Austrians threaten a touchdown near Venice. Venice reports calm. inhabitants show no plan to flee. American Red Cross stocks in Venice aid Italian wounded, with some cases transferred to British Red Cross on Lord Monson’s request. Premier Orlando told Parliament Austrians failed to widen the Montello salient. south of the Piave, Italian gains included more ground and substantial enemy losses with about a hundred prisoners taken.
Italian Premier Ace Signor Baratta, a former cavalry major aged 55, is missing after his aircraft caught fire and fell inside enemy lines following multiple combat missions. He had flown over a thousand times and participated in seventy bombing expeditions.
Italian forces under Duke d Aosta push ten miles south of Montello on the Piave river front. The Duke leads from the front as Ber sabaglieri celebrate their Crimea era heritage, charging Austrian positions amid heavy artillery support and brutal fighting.
Florence authorities announce President Wilson will be named a citizen of Florence on July Fourth. A grand parade will traverse main streets ending at Palazzo Vecchio where poet Gabriele D Annunzio will deliver a speech. An artistic gift will be sent to the president.
Allied reconnaissance thrusts along the western front were repulsed. British attacks north of Alpert and northeast of Merris failed with heavy losses. Italian prisoners taken southwest of Rheims. American troops noted in a paragraph. Reports from London and Paris cite air raids and patrol actions with few gains for the Allies.
Vienna reports continued heavy fighting on the Piave front with Austrian defenses holding against intense assaults. The exchange details high casualties, numerous prisoners, and steady Italian resistance amid mountain trench warfare and artillery duels.
A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam reports Austrian leaders struggle to avert famine as Vienna Prague Galicia regions face bread shortages. Former Hungarian Premier Tisza warns Hungary suffers similar hunger, while Vienna weighs higher bread rations to ease unrest. Paris dispatch notes Vienna may cut bread to half to prevent strikes.
A Vienna dispatch notes a thousand cars of grain reached Vienna easing Austria’s food shortage while Bavaria cannot supply potatoes. Frost slows new harvest and old stocks are used sparingly. Disturbances in Lemberg and Galician towns turn anti Semitic with Jewish self defense groups acting. Austrian bonds fall as tensions with Germany widen.
A semi official note reports the Italian counterattack on the Montello front and Treviso road reduced enemy ground by about half. Austrian losses were heavy with prisoners taken and many killed or wounded. Cortellazzo saw a costly repulse but Italians captured 200 prisoners in the clash. Bluejackets and Beranguers aided the breach.
June 21 President Wilson walked from the White House to the State War and Navy Building and conferred for half an hour with Secretaries Baker and Daniels. The topics were not disclosed. He returned in a drizzle without taking an umbrella.
Vienna streets show bread ration cut to ninety grammes daily as Austria seeks relief from Germany and Hungary. Premier von Seidler pledges aid, but reports say Germany cannot help and Hungary is unable to dispatch support due to its own shortages. public unrest grows as potatoes run out.
Paris dispatch notes German failure at Rheims as likely a diversion to seize champagne stores and draw French reserves. Observers say the attack shows Crown Prince's army limited to minor operations, while the French barrage and defense hindered the German push. The piece frames the event as a prelude to renewed action along the Franco British front from the Oise to the sea.
The German press shows little sympathy for starving Austria and criticizes its delays in action. Harvest prospects in West Germany look poor with frost damage to buckwheat and potatoes, failing fruit crops, pest damage, and shrinking cattle herds due to bad grass, fertilizer, and labor.
Lord Robert Cecil questions the volume and impact of Austrian distress reports circulating in Germany and Britain. He suggests the Germans publish such stories to mislead enemies and provoke pacifist sentiment, while noting Austria’s troubles may be exaggerated. He praises the allied imperial conference as admirable and wide in scope.
Paris reports military experts see imminent action on the British front as German cannonades intensify. The fourth army group under Crown Prince Rupprecht prepares for a new drive after an abortive effort near Ithelma, signaling potential renewed pressure.
The German quarterly church review, issued from Berlin and printed in Amsterdam, lashes German morals amid calls to discipline. It condemns youth spending and lax governance, denounces profiteering and amusement as laws of the land, and warns the evangelical church faces irreparable damage without renewed religious commitment. It also notes concern over Cologne's proposal to legalize bigamy as a grave matter.
A June report from Amsterdam cites Romania seeking Germany supplied chemical preparations and medical materials to combat war caused diseases. Widespread dysentery has decimated populations in affected districts as conditions deteriorate under wartime strain.
Excerpt notes that mutual understanding aids everyone. It stresses that efforts to bridge gaps between groups are beneficial and inclusive, highlighting shared benefits and the value of dialogue. The passage reflects a hopeful stance on intercultural or intergroup communication.
From The Hague June 21 reports show strained ties between Germany and Austria Hungary over the Polish question and grain shortages. Vienna says Austria is 2000 carloads short of grain for civilians while German reserves are not to be tapped. The Rheinische Zeitung argues Poland should remain under German influence and warns of concessions without a stronger alliance.
A Vienna bound commercial traveler told The Associated Press that about 10 000 workers in Vienna are on strike with smaller stoppages in Laibach Graz and other cities. He said anti German feeling is rising especially in Hungary and could lead to events that shift the war toward the Entente.
The Hague dispatch notes German discontent over seizure of all private copper and brass by a government-linked company. The Weser-Zeitung cites Germany’s past copper output and reliance on imports, warns of war-time price hikes, and questions America’s future copper role as Germany seeks to sustain war materials.
A Times correspondents Hague interview with a Dutch Krupp plant veteran reports bread ration reductions, general discontent, and fear of open protest among Germans who fear being sent to the front. The Dutchman notes workers feel the war's tide turning and English are cursed.
State Department received word from the Spanish Ambassador in Berlin that the German government agreed in principle to discuss with United States representatives the treatment welfare and exchange of prisoners. The United States had pressed for such a conference for some time but had not received a reply. The meeting likely to be held in Spain would address all questions of prisoner treatment and exchange including pay for officers.
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