, thus relieving the
strongest pressure on the town. A little further west another Austrian
force attacked the Italian positions on Monte Spin, southeast of
Posina. The Italian lines held on the mountain slopes and the Austrian
advance here was checked. West of Posina an Austrian assault on Monte
Forni Alti was repulsed. On the Sette Comuni Plateau, where the
Austrians were advancing against Asiago, they began operations against
the Italian positions on Monte Cengio and Campo Niulo.

On June 1, 1916, however, the Austro-Hungarians in the Arsiero region
captured Monte Barro and gained a firm footing on the south bank of
the Posina torrent. Repeated night attacks along the Posina front
against the northern slopes of Monte Forni Alti and in the direction
of Quaro, southwest of Arsiero, were repulsed.

All day long an intense uninterrupted bombardment by Austrian
batteries of all calibers was maintained against the Italian lines in
the Col di Xomo-Rochette sector (southwest of Posina).

On the left wing the Austrians, leaving massed heavy forces between
Posina and Fusine (in the Posina Valley, east of Posina), made
numerous efforts to advance toward Monte Spin.

On the right wing strong Austro-Hungarian columns in the afternoon
launched a violent attack against Segheschiri. These were completely
repulsed after a fierce engagement.

In the uplands of the Sette Comuni there was an intense and obstinate
struggle along the positions south of the Assa Valley as far as
Asiago. Italian troops holding the Monte Cengio Plateau determinedly
withstood powerful infantry attacks supported by a most violent
bombardment.

On the front parallel with the Asiago-Guglio-Valle road near Campo
Mullo the Italians gained ground by a violent counteroffensive in
spite of the strong Austrian resistance.

Intense artillery and infantry fighting along the Trentino front
continued unabated on June 2, 1916, and according to the official
Italian statement the Austrian offensive in some places was checked.
The Austrian infantry on Zugna Torta was scattered by the fierce
Italian infantry fire.

Around Asiero and on the Asiago Plateau in Italy, the Italians
repulsed Austrian infantry. The Belmonte position northeast of Monte
Cengio, where the struggle was fiercest and which was repeatedly taken
and lost, was finally definitely occupied by the Italians.

Several Italian towns, including Vicenza and Verona, were attacked by
Austrian aeroplanes, wh