The New York Times/1916/11/22/Italians Repel Attacks
ITALIANS REPEL ATTACKS.
Defeat Austrian Attempts to Recapture Hill on the Carso Front.
ROME, Nov. 21.—The repulse of two attacks by the Austrians on Hill 126 on the Carso front was announced by the War Office today. The statement reads:
Reciprocal artillery actions occurred at some points on the front in the Trentino and in the Julian Alps.
Yesterday, in the Carso area, during minor infantry encounters, we made a few prisoners. During Monday night the enemy launched two attacks upon our positions on the summit of Hill 126, north of Mount Volkevniak, being completely repulsed.
VIENNA, Nov. 21, (via London.)—The War Office issued the following statement today concerning operations on the Italian front:
An enemy counterattack in mass formation against a trench we recently captured south of Biglia was repulsed.