ITALY AT WAR.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3565, 27 September 1916, Page 5

ITALY AT WAR.

AN OFiFfCIAL REVIEW

STKADY> ITALIAN PROGRESS

ROME, Sept, 2€,

A semi-^rlicial message states that tho capture of the summit of the Cardinal peak is another step in-the'sure ani systematic advance along the rough and precipitous ridges between the Avisio, Mavignol, and Vanoi Cismo'i' valleys. Tho recently-captured positions of the Rolle,. and the Col Brideon passes, Mount Cauriol, and other points in this barrier, load to the / principal peaks stich as tho Cardinal. Tho value of the gradual occupation of tho massive outwork arises from the fact that it commands the Dolomite Road, eonnacting Trentino with Cadoro. It forms a serious menace to the lines of communication alone the road traversing Cavalesc to the BozenTrent railway. it is known that a number of Aus-. trian troops ha% To been concentrated in the region to which new unite and new batteries ace continually being added. There aro now several divisions of tho best Austrian troops in readiness to strongly oppose any advance. A- few months* ago the region was dofended by only a few battalions Tho advance continues steadily, despite ih<vincrease of ■ tho onemv's '-forces and the > n?>s-i,ir.acy of his re^ist.auce.