ITALIAN BLOW EXPECTED

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 281, 16 August 1918, Page 5

ITALIAN BLOW EXPECTED

. INTENSE BOMBARDMENT NEAR j THE SWISS FRONTIER j NEW STROKE WITH GREAT j POSSIBILITIES ' (Eec. August 15, 5.55 p.m.) Washington, August 14. ' General Jughelmotti, military attacho at the Italian Embassy, says that aa hm r ll °? ens ' TC ' n the A'P B is imminent. The Italians liavo opened an intense artillery bombardment along twenty.fivo miles of front, near the Swiss border. It believed that a successful thrust hera j will endanger the enemy's positions in 1 the Trentino.—Reuter. 1 ~- , ITALIAN OFFICIAL REPOET. j (Eec. August 15, 7.55 p.m.) ' j London, August 11. i An Italian official report states: <f ln ! the Tonalo region ive carried cut tlvrusta and occupied Mount Montillo/tlic Punta i di San Sfatteo, and a 6pur south-easi-ward of Oimazigolon. Our batteries set ' : on fire supply depots on the left bank of the Piave."—Aus.-N.Z. Ca'ble Mail.. ; Neuter. RAIDS ON THE PALESTINE ! FRONT , j A BAD NIGHT FOE THE TORES. i (Eec. August 15, 7.55 p.m.) . i , .London, August 14. ! An official message from Palestine states: On the night of August 12 we 1 raided successfully various points on a ten-milo front astrido the Jerusalem- ' i\ablus Road, killing two hundred, and > i making prisoner seventeen Turkish- officers and 230 of other ranks. Fifteen ■ machine-guns were taken. "On the morning of August 8 the Royal Air Forco and Australian units bom'bed the enemy's camp in the vicinity of the i Amman railway station, rearing many' ! effective hits. Ground targets were mach- '' me-gunned. - j "Tlio Imperial Camel Corps, co-oper«t-rng with tlio Arabs, seized tho Mudawara j railway station,, killing • thirty-five and i taking prisoner 120. Two guns wero cap- ; tured."—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Eenter. |