AMAZING ITALIAN ADVANCE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3179, 1 September 1917, Page 7

AMAZING ITALIAN ADVANCE

PRISONERS NOW TOTAL TWO DIVISIONS * CADORNA WINNING IMPORTANT DECISIVE VICTORY —i WESTERN CAMPAIGN OF MAN DESTRUCTION _ BRITISH METHODS REVIEWED The Eussian situation excepted, tho outlook as depicted by the war dispatches to-day is bright and full of great promise. The Italians ate' pursuing a wonderful career of success, and a final decisive blow, which will be important enough to mark the turning point of the war, is foreshadowed by General Cadorna, the Italian Generalissimo. The total number of prisoners is now, estimates ono of the correspondents, equal to two divisions, together with a great quantity of war material. The same correspondent relates differences of opinion between the German and Austrian war chiefs on the strategical value of the ■ Bainsizza Plateau, which von H.indonburg predicted could not be held. A message from a different source reports serious friction between tlie Austrian and German, high commands. There are no developments in the West. General Maurice, Director of Military Operations at the "War Office, gives an interesting and highly encouraging statement of the "eneral situation, and stresses the value of tho little battles which aro continually being fought along tho front. Tho , value of thes3 in the British campaign of Gorman men-destruction is very great, he says. The outlook on tho Eussian front is less hopeful. ■ There has been jet another voluntary retirement frcm tho Russian positions, but effective steps were taken to re-establish tho positions. Press comment in London draws attention to the continued gravity of tho submarine menace, which, says tho "Daily Mail," still remains the master problem of the war. HEAVY FIGHTING ON THE BAINSIZZA PLATEAU ITALIANS PUSH FORWARD ON GORIZIA FRONT TWO DIVISIONS IN THE PRISONERS' ENCLOSURES By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright 8 London, August 30. <U Italian official message states: "Wo drove back strong enemy counferittacks which had been made in an effort to Tetake our positions on tho Bainsizza Plateau. Eastward of Gorizia we maintained our positions, and advanced at'some points. An cnemv attack between Vippaco and.Dosso Faiti failed. Wo repulsed three attacks in tho Travenanzcs Valley. -Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.Eeuter. "DECISIVE SUCCESS IMMINENT" GENERAL CADORNA INTERVIEWED.' Rome, August 30. In seven days of fighting the Italians have conquered four defensive systems. Such was tho violence of the Italian bombardment on the Bainsizza Plateau that it reduced Chiapovano to a heap of ruins. It is believed that fifteen thousand wounded are in hospital at libiani. General Gadorna, in an interview, said: "I can say that our present operation is one of the most important in the war, because of its vast objectives and daring methods, and its probable effects, military and moral. Our superiority is undoubted. Our imminent decisivo success means the turning-point of the war."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. VICTORY STILL UNFINISHED ITALIANS ADVANCING WITH AMAZING RAPIDITY. (Eec. August 31, 9.50 p.m.) Rome, 'August 31. Mr Julian Price, the official correspondent, 'says:—"The advance has given the Italians possession of ninety-three miles of splendid country, including the strongest portion of the Austrian line on the middle Isonzo. Already a great number of guns and a vast amount of material have been captured, while the prisoners in the enclosures total over two divisions. The important fact is that victory is still unfinished. The Italians aro ladvancing with lainazing rapidity, military highways aro being constructed with lightning speed, and guns ammunition, and water pushed forward over the Bainsizza Plateau. The German newspapers assert that Hindenburg at a war council urged that the plateau was untenable, b'iit von Hotzendorff insisted on the necessity of holding it at all costs, as it commanded the strategic line between Tolmino and Gorizia." -Atis.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AUSTRIAN AND GERMAN LEADERS DISAGREE. (Eec. August 31, 5.35 p.m.) ■ Athens, 'August 30. . Great friction is reported between the Austrian and German leaders.— . United Service. BAD WEATHER IN THE WEST ENEMY'S BATTERIES ACTIVE AT NIEUPORT London, August 80. Sir Douglas Haig reports: "The enemy artillery is active at Nieuport. The weather is wet and stormy."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. (Eec. August'3l, 6.15 p.m.)' London, August 30. Sir Douglas Haig reports: "On the Ypres battle front wo slightly advanced our line south-east of Saint Janshoek. There is considerable enemy artillery - activity in the neighbourhood of lens and Ypres."—All6.-N.Z. Cable Assii.- • Eeuter. j . GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT. 1 . London, August 30. 1 A German official report states: "An English attack north-east of Wieltje . collap S ed."-Aus.-N.7, Cable Assn.-Eeuter. ON THE FRENCH FRONT (Roc. August 31, 6.15 p.m.) London, August 30. ' i liVpnch. official communique states: "The artillery is active on both banks 1. of the Meuse."-Aus,N.Z. Cable Assn.-Eeuter. 1 WEARING DOWN THE ENEMY ' ' INTERESTING REVIEW OF THE SITUATION. (Eec. August. 31, 5.35 p.m.) London, August 30. !-•„. „,..,i Ar-inrirn mirector of Military Operations at the War Office), inter. • G T ,1 i there we re no new developments on the British front. "The piocess ot wt..uiu„ . edin „ „.jt, greater success than is generally imagined. nil7v™ a,s haveTeei engaged in battles roui.4 Ypres since July 31. They . The Geiman '\f„ ,i iv sioifs as the British, and have withdrawn from the • r"T?-, I , Bh^dcT«ss tha 1 hvfco as many as tho British. The exhaustion of the . fighting a shade le»b, tnanl progress. Von Jlackensen's attack has fail- ' ed 01 owi.i"t1?tho Eumanians' gallant resistance and. the Austrian withdrawals ! io 't^lC\Sr^^%M)^^ K tl,a M l,e British are geti;„„fin.VnWnU to (Hit for them, 'this idea is current in .America, and ospeci- ' Uv i Snhi It is a <lownright lie, nnd part of tho Genua,, propaganda. At —■.I. 'ili'o BriHali Iroons in Franco aro si.v to ono compared with Hie overseas. I K and throughout the war show the same .figures. The casualties at Ypres since July 31 are almost exactly nine-to omv-Aus.-iN.i5. Cable Assn.