CADORNA DISMISSED

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 255, 16 July 1918, Page 5

CADORNA DISMISSED

SEQUEL TO ITALIAN DISASTER SEARCHING INQUIRY THREE GENERALS CASHIERED , Rome, July H. i A decree has been-published placing' General Cadorna on the retired list without: rank or pay; also General Porro, exCliief of Staff, and General Capello, cxCoimnnnder of the Second Army. General ; Cadorna'B appointment to tho Versaillcn Council has been withdrawn. General Cadorna's dismissal followed a; searching inquiry into thd ■Italia'n'(lβ l ' bacle in October, when tho Germane 1 broke through at Caporeto. Oenorals : Cadorna, Porro, and Capello were held: responsible for the defeat. " ■: ■:■■ It is understood that tho inquiry decided that General Cadorna did not put, forth tho utmost staunchness against J the Austrians, and it is suggested Uiat\ his staff was under the Miience of th«' Austrian clerical party.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assu, ' ' ' . : ; [General Cadorna was Commander-in-Chief of (lie Italian Army until his removal after the serero defeat suffered ,by'. Italy on the leoiizo at the end of.lapt. year, when liis frout was broken in the' mo"untains alwut Tolmino, and ho was, forced to retreat to the Piave. The Commaiid-in-Chief was bestowed upon General Diaz.J ' ON THE ITALIAN FRONT FUTILE REVIVAL OF fcXEMY ACTIVITY'. (Kec. July 15, 11.40 p.m.) London, July 15. Mr. Ward Price etates that an attempt at a converging attack on the Italian positions on Monte Coronne ie tho first sign of a revival of Austrian enterprise,' but it ended in failure. Tlw Italians did not wait for tho development of tho onslaught, but charged with the bayonet, and drove back thn enomy,' shattering thorn in disorder.— "Tho Times." ■