ITALIANS ATTACKING ALONG THEIR WHOLE FRONT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2504, 3 July 1915, Page 5

ITALIANS ATTACKING ALONG THEIR WHOLE FRONT

■ ajjstrians heayp smitten' ASPHYXIATING BOMBS THROWN BY. THfMSMY; ■ 'Aseooiation-Oopyilßlii' i ■"•" ■'!' . (Reo. July 2, 10.55 p.m.J ' ' • ' • Ccneva, July 2.. The Italians are attacking oil the whole front. / Fifteen thousand Aus-. trians attacked tlio Plava-Gradisca. front, but were repulsed, laving -tvrclvd liuiidrcddead and wounded, • . 1 "■ ITALIAN OFFICIAL' COMMUNIQUEc ' (Rec. 'July 2, 10.55 p.m.) Rome, July 2. , ' Offloial.—"Tlie enemy is throwing asphyxiating bombs.- .Vigorous nighii attacks on the Monte Croce-Palpiceolo Pass were repulsed. , . ' . .. "Wo havo occupied Bankirki Srendrim, an important position dominating the Onquo Plezzo, at the lioad of tho Resia. Valley. _ Our advance in tho Isonzo is slow, as wo aro compelled to wrest the) . feround inch by inch. , . ' ' Italian airmen effectively bombed a column of troops and supply waggons , ncar ; Appacliia Sella, and also the railway station at Sandaniel^^; ■ 'AUSTRIAN'OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE.1 ' London, July. IV • Official—Severe fighting is proceeding on tho lower Isonzo. (Rec. July 2, 10.55 p.m.) ; "Tho Italians attacked our front on Segrado and Monto Cosich, and entered our trenches near Selzaiio and Vonnigliant, but wcro' repulsed.' Tho Ilaiiaiycorpses aro covering the Monto Cosich ridges.' l ' ' JTHE S.URPMSE ATTACK AT MONTE NERtt • i -r;-! rj .(Rec. July 2, 7.50 i>.m.)" ' ("Times" and Sydney, "Sun" Services.)' London, July 1. 1 Further details of tho fighting at Monto Nero show that the 'Austrians troonii worn asleep, convinced that their positions wero inacccesiWc, Most ol tl\cm were killed whllo nslesp, Scveu liuudrd urlsuuqra- jykk »«««!>!{, javeraliwoctaJii-.'iotßawiilei's, ,•

SMART, CAPTURE OF A MOUNTAIN FORTRESS, '■■■••!■ , (Rec.July 3, 1.45 a.m.) London, July 2. _ Geneva reports that tlm Italians captured the mountain fortress of Conizugna, m Trentino, under audacious circumstances. A captain and a hundred men climbed the steep slope and demanded the surrender, declaring tlio fortress had been, surrounded, ' This was' bluff, but tho garrisou surrendered. THE WAR;IN THE WESTERN THEATRE 1 FIGHJING IN THE ARGONNE PARTICULARLY VIOLENT By Telegraph—PrcßS 'AsEociation-Oopyriglitr . ,-t ffho High! Commissioner reports• • London, July 1, 5.25 p.m. _ "The German attack reported from" the Argonno yesterday was a particularly violent one, and tho forces engaged equalled two divisions; the attack was arrested. i "Two fresh' attempts on-the French! trenches at Binarville Road were repulsed. x ' Y ' • , ' '"A.violent enemy attack in the region of Metzeral (in„the yosges)_wa? stopped; -the German losses were important,'-'-. ' / • German attempt to break through^ •MO.VE TO THREATEN VERDUN FROM THE WEST/". " ■. Y " Y iy. (Rcc. July 2,10 p.m.)] - ' ; - Paris, July 2. The Germans' activity in the 'Argonne indicate an attempt to reach the Chakms-Vcrdim'railway, near Saint Monehould ; and so threaten Verdun fromthe. west. The enemy, made several unsuccessful attempts to penetrate our line southwards by^tlie Biesme!-Valley. . 'Official. —"There has-been a very violent cannonade riorth of Arras. One of our mines on our Dompierre front wrecked the enemy's defensive works. "Two 1 of the enemy's attacks in the Vosges, on tho Langenfols Kopfilgens front, iffjero completely repulsed." ' AIRMEN CONSTANTLY BOMBING ZEEBRUGGE HARBOUR, (Reo. July §~10.40 p.m.) ■* • i Amsterdam, July 2. The Allies' aviators are constantly bombing Zeobrugge Harbour v : \wliero two German submarines are 'lying;! 1 "'• s ? • ' >v ". i The German-acrodiome at CSisteledes'has been destroyed*