WAR IN THE AIR
(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. C&blo Association.) (Received July 9th, 9.40 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, July 8. German messages state that 11 aeroplanes participated in Friday's raid on Coblenz. Twenty bombs were dropped and damaged tho town. Four persons were injured. < (Received July 9*£h, 8 p.m.)
NEW YORK, July 8. Tho first American-built HandleyPage, the heaviest type of . bombing plane, haß been completed and guccess- ■ fully tested. It is driven by twin '-Liberty motors of 400 horse-power each.
THE ITALIAN THEATRE.
THE MOUNTAIN WAR
FURTHER GROUND GAINED
(By Cable. —Preiis Association.—Copyrip—tO (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Beuter's Telegrams.) (Received July 9th, 7.15 p.m.)
LONDON. July 8.
An Italian official report states: —
"By small actions we gained ground northward of Monte Grappa, and extended the advanced positions which wo occupied in the region of Col Caprile." (Australian and N.Z. Cfablo Association.) (ltecoived July 9th, 8 p.m.) 1
WASHINGTON, July 8
The Italian Ambassy's official advices say that on tho Piave front 700 Italians who were captured by the Austrians escapod. Tho Italians say that the Austrians are forcing prisoneirs to work behind the lines under fire.
(Received July 9th, 9.40 p.m.)
ROME, July 8
Bitter recriminations are going on between General Conrad von HootzenaorflE and General Bowevitch. The latter accused Conrad of making a fatal n-istake by concentrating his troops in valleys dominated by Italian artillery firo, while Conrad declared that Bowevitch committed a fatal blunder in not suspending the offensive when tho Piave flooded, knowing that ho had not sufficent material to force a passage.
Bulgarian newspapers declare that Austria's gross, humiliating failure has compromised tho fate of the whole war. Tho time has come, tho newspapers say, whon Bulgaria must think seriously of her own interests.
(Router's Telegrams.) (Received July 9th. 7.15 p.m.)
TURIN, .July 8
Ludendorff recently visited the Trontino and ordered tho preparation of a new Austrian offensive. Ho hastened the despatch of large Austrian reinforcements, which are concentrated from Innisbruck to the Trentino. The Swiss frontier is closed."
ITALIAN "DAREDEVILS." (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association^ LONDON, July 8. Italian Arditi, or "Daredevils," performed astounding feats of agility in tho closing phase of the battle. They adopted a novel method of approaching and silencing the machine-guns which were behind the barbed wire. The "Daredevils" carried long vaulting poles. They made a mighty rush and jumped obstacles, landing in the rear of the bewildered gunners, and drove their daggers into their backs. One "Daredevil" alone stampeded eight Austrian? into the Italian lines under the menace of an uplifted hand bomb. One Bersaglieri company captured a battery of six 4in field mortars, and another, preceded by Arditi armed with flamethrowers, stormed a factory in the face of forty machine-guns, blew up the munition depot and took prisoner a entire Austrian command.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16260, 10 July 1918, Page 7
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