IRRUPTION INTO THE ISONZO VALLEY

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 29, 29 October 1917, Page 5

IRRUPTION INTO THE ISONZO VALLEY

GERMAN ATTACK DEVELOPED WITH TERRIFIC vSPEED. (Rec. October 28, 11.10 p.m.) London, October 27. Mr. Jeffries writes: "A Homeric struggle occurred at the Pass of Plozzo'. The Italians made a fierce individual insurance, and held tho heights, heaping tho mouth of the defile with Austrian dead. The Austrians then changed their plans, and while clouds of mist hung over the morass of mud, they made a surprise attack up the valley of the Isonzo. Here the battle was intensely bitter. Their object appears to be to gain access to the delta of roads beyond the Bainsizza Plateau, thereby splitting the line and opening the way to Fruile. entire German army corps debouched into the Isonzo Valley, pouring through the pass upon Caporetto between Monte Nero and Polounik with terrific speed, the men almost leaping along tho valley. An Austrian, army corps has wen massed in an attack oh the Plezzo Pass, but the intrepid Alpini on the advanced heights are still making a gallant defence."—United Service. GERMANS USING A NEW TORTURE GAS (Rec. October 28, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 27. The Germans on the Italian front are using a now torture gas, which produces a terrible itching even through the masks. The inventors of this are hoping to force the Italians to remove their m asks and die from tho effects of the gas shells.-Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assa. CADORNA PREPARING A COUNTER-MOVE. Washington, October 2fi. A semi-official dispatch indicates that General Cadorna is preparing for an important movement—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMAN VERSION OF THE OFFENSIVE London, October 21!. A German communique 6tntes: "The northern wing of the Second Italian Army is retiring. We,are advancing beyond Knrfreit and Rongina, and are already fighting at many places in Italian territory. Our prisoners now number 30,000, including 700 officers, and our booty includes SOO guns."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Aesn.-Reuter. • (Rec. October 28, 5.5 p.m.) I London, October 27 A German official report states:—"We are making rapid progress on tho Italian front, securing prisoners and booty every hour."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Rou-ter. (Rec. October 28, 11.10 p.m.) London, October 27. The Austro-Germans havo captured tho mountain ridge at Stol Monte Matajur, and are pressing on through the Julian Alps towards (he Italian plain. The prisoners now total sixty thousand, and the captnred_ guns four hundred and fifty. The Italian Isonzo front is shaking as far as Vipacco, but the enemy is maintaining his positions on tho Cnrso."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable AssnReuter. ___ ITALIAN CABINET CRISIS ADVERSE VOTE IN OHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. Romo, October 26. The Chamber of Deputies, by 314 votes to !)G, rejected a vota of coufidonco in the Government, and the fall of the Cabinet is anticipated. For some time the Premier, M. Bo6elli, who is upwards of SO years of age, has lost vigour. There is also dissatisfaction on the food question. New party combinations in the Chamber hare rendered the position of the Ministry' precarious. The crisis does not imply any weakening concerning the war.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. CABINET RESIGNS. Rome, October K. The Italian Cabinet has resigned.^-Reuter. ' THE NEW PREMIER, (Rec. October 27, 5.30 p.m.) Rome, October 27. Signer Orlando (atj present Minister of Justice) will succeed Signor Boselli in the Premiership.—"The Times." /