ITALIANS CAPTURE GORIZIA.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2847, 11 August 1916, Page 5

ITALIANS CAPTURE GORIZIA.

10,000 PRISONERS. AUSTRIA! I DIFFICULT POSITION. I THE WESTERN PUSH. . COMBINED FRANCO-BRITISH y: ■ OPERATIONS.'. f ' : ' ANZACS IN EGYPT. THRILLING CHARGE AT A GALLOP. DESPERATE FIGHTING ON Prussian front. ; __ V-: ' The growing list of big offensive achievements by tho Allies has Leon added to by tho Italian capture of Gorizia, the Austrian stronglioldon tho Isonzo, by a brilliant coup. Tho enemy was taken completely by surprise, and hurriedly retired to tho other side of th'c rivor, loaving 10,000 prisoners in tho hands of tho Italians, whilo others are coming in. This development, and tho result of ihc Italian operations on tho Trentino, have placet! tho Austrian® in a difficult position. On tho Russian front tho rival communiques paint different picturos, each depicting success., Desperate fighting , is proceeding on tho Dniester, lvhero tho Russians are rapidly consolidating and extending their gains. On tho Western front tbc Belgians are displaying artillery activity ,in front of Dixmude. Tho • British and, French on tho Sommo are busy on their respectivo sectors, although there isiio fulfilment yet of tho promise givon by tho big b&mbardmenfc yesterday of tho initiation of tho next tremendous phase in the great Allied offensive. Fighting at Verdun continues with! varying intensity. Mr. W. T. Massey, the British Press correspondent in Egypt, sends a thrilling account of tho' splendid work of tlie. Anzac horsemen at the battle of EI Romani, where, bo says, : i they saved the situation at a critical stage of tli'o Turkish, attack.