ITALIAN BIG GUNS IN ACTION
AUSTRIAN FORTS HEAVILY BOMBARDED ENEMY'S ARMOURED TRAIN BLOCKADED IN A ■ MOUNTAIN TUNNEL • (By Telegraph'.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Reo; July 13, 11.10 p.m.)' I ' Rome, July 13. The Italian 11-inch howitzers heavily bombarded the last three Austrian forts, whioh were Mooting the advance to Blanch Innichen. Fort Hemsel, at the other extremity of the Alpine frontier, is a mass of ruins, shattered by a 12-inch Italian shell whioh exploded in the magazine. _ The Alpini blockaded an Austrian armoured train laden with munitions and reinforcements in a mountain tunnel near the fort, and after two days and .nights the enemy surrendered. Official.—'.'Owing to our offensive on the southern watershed of. Carnia, the enemy abandoned his advanoed positions. s "Hie enemy, during storm on the night of the 11th, attempted to surprise our positions at Monte Nero, but was repulsed."
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2519, 14 July 1915, Page 7
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140ITALIAN BIG GUNS IN ACTION Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2519, 14 July 1915, Page 7
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