THE WAR ON THE ITALIAN FRONT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2925, 10 November 1916, Page 5

THE WAR ON THE ITALIAN FRONT

TERRIBLE LOSSES ON THE AUSTRIAN . SIDE Australian-New Zealand Oabls Association. - „ Tks Chronicle's" Milan correspondent rop^rtrtliaHtTsYemi-ofß-c ally estimated that last week'si battle in the Carso cost Austria twenty-five thousand combatants disabled. It is s Jffm fi ca nt that the Austrians have not theiTtees 3131 ' VIR ° r ° US coun ' ter - attacks > fact testifying to the gravity of . Although the Austrian staff offers tempting money prizes for every Austria* _corpse saved from the foe, piles of dear! Austrians were found'in the abandoned trenches and on the open battlefield. A fresh artillery battle is proceeding in the Southern Carso and the Julian sector, where a further advance is imminent. ■ k : General Cadorna had a conference with General Joffve yesterday near Modane (on the Franco-Italian frontier). ITALIAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE. (Au'st.—N.Z. Cable Asan. and Renter.) ■ , (Rec. November 9, 3.30 p.m.) , v, . London, November 8. An Italian official communique states: "We evacuated an observatory position which had been destroyed by the enemy's artillery, on the slope's of Citnabocche. We found a battery of four mountain guns 'among the abandoned booty jn the Careo."- , EFFECTIVE AIR-RAID BY ITALO-FRENCH SQUADRONS, , (Rcc. November 10, 0.30 a.m.) i„ tit * , . . , , , ITJ , „ Rome, November .9. An Italian navai qommumque states: "Italo-French air squadrons effectively bombed the aerodrome at Garonzo, and the military depots and ships anchored at Oitoova. The enemy air defences a.nd seaplanes ineffectively nred and counter-attacked in squadrons and with torpedo boats. RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN THE CARPATHIANS 3 GOOD PROGRESS IN THE VALLEY OF THE BYSTRITZA., final.—N.Z. Cable Assn. end Eeuter.) (Rec, November 9, 3.30 p.m.) ■i Ti , . . Pfltrograd, November S. A Russian official communique states: "Tile enemy's attacks in the OstTovolos, in the region of the Stcchod, were repulsed. We made fresh progress S e iu °r> ? r J] 3 ' afcra and south of Mount Laminitelu, and reached the valley or the ByGtritza. from Belbor, as far as Hollo."