THE WAR IN THE AUSTRO-ITALIAN THEATRE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2524, 27 July 1915, Page 5

THE WAR IN THE AUSTRO-ITALIAN THEATRE

EIGHTEEN THOUSAND AUSTRIAN PRISONERS By Meeraph-Pres? Assooiatton-Oopyriglit (Rec. July 26, 8.55 p.m.) Rome, July 26. Official. —"Our hydroplanes flew over Biva and dropped eighteen bombs on the railway station, with excellent results. "Tlio enemy on Saturday vigorously attacked the position ire captured oil tlio Lnznica crcst, in thoi Monte Nero region, but were repulsed with great losses. ' "Tlio Carso action continues in our favour." FALL OF GORIZIA GENERALLY EXPECTED AUSTRIANS PREPARE TO EVACUATE BUDAPEST. I . London, July 25. The "Morning Post's" Budapest correspondent states that- tho general opinion in thai, fiorisii). i« dor>M?tl, Violoiii. cnc!ta>HiMUs Imvs lasted for his weeks. The (iei'co&t engagements were at the bridgehead. ivhere ever? form . -°2 .'ffftsfiw jwb wed.

The Austrian troops engaged were brought from the Carpathians, owing o their experience in defensive warfare. Bolih sides lost heavily, especially ho Austrians. An order which was issued directed that Gorizia must be deluded to tho last.

It is understood at Budapest that all preparations liavo been made for the city to be evacuated, the authorities desiring ,'to prevent damage. AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL'I'COMMUNIQUE. (Rec. July 26, LI .45 p.m.)Amsterdam, July 26. 'An Austrian official communique states:—"Tho Italians' desperate night attacks on our'positions on tho border of tho Doberdo Plateau failed, with heavy loss to tho enemy." 'AUSTRIAN WAR LOSSES TO DATE, (Rec. July 26, 8.55 p.m.) „. Rome, July 26. Since the beginning of the war 18,000 Austnans, including 700 officers, have been taken prisoner. ' FOOD SUPPLIES IN ITALY J,' ~ LARGE PURCHASES IN AMERICA',(Reo. July 26, 8.55 p.m. . " \ ■ Rome, July 26. The Italian Government has decided to make large purchases of American meat aiid grain to supply the Army and Navy until .July, 1916, and also for the general population. This step has been taken to discourage the increasing speculative dealing. The Government has already secured seven million quintals of grain for tho .forces. Though the crops are not abundant, they are several million quintals in excess of the 1914 crops. THE ATTACK ON MONTE SAN MICHAEL' DESPERATE FIGHT. FOR TACTICAL POSITION,(Rec. July 26, 10.20 p.m.) - ' Details of the fighting at Monte San Michael show that'the ItaLiArtil wry'swept the hill from dawn till late in the afternoon, when four battalions oi Hersaglieri attacked and stormed some of the positions, but they encountered a terrible Austrian resistance on the summit, where the enemy was stronzh entrenched. ! Then ensued a fearful melee. The Bersaglieri, who wero mostly Sici lians, dropped their rifles and jumped into the trenches, fighting with knives and eventually tho Austrians fled. The Italians fortified the position, anc were not disturbed until two in the morning, when tho Austrians, strongly 'to inforced, counter-attacked and overpowered the Bersaglieri, who retreated Fresh Italian forces then arrived, and thice regiments recaptured the hill with the bayonet. Since theu tho position lias been firmly held, enablins the Italians to uso tho Gradisca bridge, over which great numbers of troops passed on Saturday. Tho Austrians also are rushing up reinforcements. - GERMAN SUBMARINE CAPTURED (Rec. July 26, 11.45 p.m.) *i n , . x „ Rome, July 26,' A German submarine with forty oftho crew was captured during an at tempted attack on an Italian ship on the night of July 11. . The submarine's torpedo caught in the metallic protecting net, and fail ed to explode. The submarine was takeu to Venice. ' "