THE AUSTRO-ITALIAN CAMPAIGN
A THRILLING EPISODE FIGHTING IN BLIZZARD SWEPT HEIGHTS By Telegraph-Flees Assooiation-Oopyrlglit (Rec. July 19, 9.15 p.m.) Rome, July 19. The Italians have gained a mile towards Tiernova, and reached a' point commanding the railway junction whereby food passes to Gorizia from the Tiernova plateau. A thrilling episode occurred ten thousand feet high in the Tonale Pass region. The Austrians thought that they had found two undefendel passes, which would enable them to break through the Western Trentino and reach the Lombardy plain. Parties of Tyrolese Mountaineers with guns traversed the Adarnello Glacier, crossing a 6ea of ice for seven miles in a raging blizzard, split up into two columns, and stole cautiously by tracks known only to the Alpino smugglers, expecting to catch the Italians napping. The Italian Alpini discovered them, and in a sharp fight the Tyrolese were defeated, and had to re-face the glacier and the blizzard. It is not known whether they regained their lines. Italy is preparing for the winter campaign in the 'Alps, and is collecting skins and wolves. The people are urged to encourage the temporary breeding of animals which multiply easily.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2518, 20 July 1915, Page 5
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191THE AUSTRO-ITALIAN CAMPAIGN Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2518, 20 July 1915, Page 5
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