A SMASHING OFFENSIVE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2920, 4 November 1916, Page 9

A SMASHING OFFENSIVE

SUDDEN BLOW ON THE CARSO FORT VAUX REGAINED - LATEST FRENCH SUCCESS: : AT ; ; VERDUN RUMANIA STANDS FAST Yesterday- we were told that tho belligerents in the AJpine heights of the Italian theatre of the war had been snowed in, and that the troops had'settled down in their winter trenches. To-day comes tho news of a sudden, terrific, and effective blow at the Austrian lines east of Gorizia, in the Carso. Tho messages are somewhat disjointed, but it is clear from the tone of tho Austrian communique that an Italian offensive on a (.■:.:;?iderable scale has been s launched. The enemy has suffered heavy losses. Tho most cheering . item in a welcome budget of news from the Western front is the announcement of the evacuation of Fort Vaux, at Verdun, by the . enemy. On the Somme front the new positions have been consolidated, and the' enemy's counter-attacks repulsed with severe losses. • The situation in Rumania continues to improve, and in certain seetors where our Allies have established their 'superiority the pursuit of the enemy is being closely pressed. There is severe fighting on. the Stochod, where tho enemy has carried a salient position. I'hc Greek populace is growing intensely bitter against the Germans for their piratical attacks-on the Aegean shipping in general, and the sinking of the Angeliki in particular. Venizelist troops have ousted tho regular garrison from its post. A sensation has been created by the cap- . ture and search by the Secret Police of a messenger who was conveying dispatches from King Constantino to the. Kaiser. •