WITH THE ITALIANS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3988, 22 July 1915, Page 5

WITH THE ITALIANS.

THE ISONZO OFFENSIVE. SPLENDID REPORTS RECEIVED. HEAVY FIGHTING IN CARNAC ALPS. INFANTRY’S NOVEL, ADVANCE. (Received July 21, 9.55 p.m.) ' ROME, July 21. Official: Our offensive was continued on Monday on the whole Isonzp, front. We made special progress on the Carso plateau, where we took prisoner a further 500.

'Pile “Gironal Estaba” states that the advance along the isonzo continues, amounting to a decisive success.

d’lie Austrian losses were enormous

.Fighting of the fiercest description continue? in the western chain of the Carnic Alps. Tlie Italians are in possession, of all territory west of the line Gorizia to -..0n Falcone.

During the night Italian wirecutters with grenades and knives crawled into the Austrian entrenchments and surprised the guards and artillery, completely cutting the entanglements. In the morning our infantry advanced, crawling with bags ol earth on their hack as protection from shells. Wlnui they halted the bags formed a parapet, whence they sprang on- the enemy with .bayonets. The Italians thus carried live miles of entrenchments, suffering considerably. bin inflicting much heavier IoK?CS. The Austrians lost 10,000 men in 1 he Canine, battle on Sunday. 'l'lie Lallan:?' bombardment ol Gorizia. caused great destruction.

Two gnu. in tlie inner fortifications were blow n up. A general assault from 75 miles from Tarvis to the Adriatic i? nearing the culminating phase. Greater progress has already been made than the communiques speedy. The Italians have < Icarcd the way to a decisive advance at a numner ot points, hut isolated advances have been w itldiehl to the last as the. result of insecure salients necessitating he-'vv sacrifices of life if retained olios!.

A pronounced advance is e,i?i 1 > Sag-ado. on the Carso platen i, nlio;e bloody onslaughts 1 lirou.gliout. Me- - insulted in the Italians car-meg row- after row el terraced trenches studdid with bomb-proof shelters.. 'Flic Italians bayoneted the c.c lender.? by hundreds. FABRIC OF EMPIRE. \rr<T be cemented with BLOOD. _Mli ROOSEVELT ON CANADA'S PART JN THE WAR. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) (Received Julv 21. 7.36 p.m.) OTTAWA, July 21. Speaking at Vancouver Mr Roosevelt- said:. “I am proud at the showing Canada has made in helping Britain. Her men have fought ami died honorably. It is lamentable, that they should die, but no national I a brio, can be built until cemented with the blood of those willing to make tlie sacrifice of their lives for the ideal. THROUGH ENEMY EYES. GERMANS RINGOF VICTORIES. THE CAMPAIGNS REVIEWED. AMSTERDAM, July 29. A German communique states: The English, after exploding mines at I fnoge. attacked, but collapsed . m front, of our position. The English or upied a crater iormed by an explosion. The Russians were repulsed at several points in Courland. We <ap--1 nred an enemy position north ol tlie conlluence of the rivers Skroda and I’issa. We reached Narew. northward of the mouth of the Bykwa. ami occupied some permanent fortifications at Ostralenza on the north-west hank. Our troops south ot the A istula advanced as far as Bionic Grod/.iskn.

In rearguard action? the Persian? lost 569 prisoners and two machineguns. ’ , , In the' south-eastern theatre ail Russian counter-attacks were repulsed. We took prisoner five thousand and our troops are closely pursuing the enemy. Our cavalry reached the Re ndom-ivaugorod railway. The report states that the German reserve Landwehr were fighting in this region, which is wooded and marshy, affording extremely favorable ground lor the enemy s resistance. General Gallivitz further advanced, and now stands with all troops on the Narew line south-west of Ostmlenka ami Xovogiorgiew. Hie Russians, not finding protection in their fortifications and bridgeheads, retreated across the Narew. The prisoners taken amount nowto over twenty-eight- thousand. 'l'lie enemy between the Vistula and the Pilitza’is retreating eastwards. 'l’lie Russians who were deieated on the I.7th by AVoyrskh north-west o' Keline, attempted In arrest our positions behind the U/.anka. sector I no Silesian Landwehr stormed the ad vam-cd positions Yesterday and enteied the line at night, hetween Kasanow and Betrainow. A tlecision is liminncn t. , , General Ma.c.kensen's battle neeween the Vistula ami the Rug continues with unabated violence. The Russian line has been broken at two points. The Russians made desperate efforts to avoid defeat ami Inin md ill fresh troops, which were defeated. We forced the crossing ol the Vnlitza in Grabowico district The Austrians crossed tin: Bug north of Sokal. Under pressure of. our pursuit tne oncmv during the night retreated <m the entire, flout between the \ mfula and the Bug, and resisted at only one point, where they were severely deGeneral Vonarz's Gerrnan:? eaptm ed between the 12th and 18th prisoners and 23 machine-guns. According to the enemy accounts, orders were determined without ' - gard to losses. Wo maintain the positions wo have now conquered.

AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL REPORT. LONDON, July 20. An Austrian official report states: After crossing the Vohtza, avc • advanced on the enemy's positions <» the heights, taking as prisoners three thousand. The Austro-Gennan « i cesses on tho 18th on the entire Routs have shaken the enemy’s resistance. He brought up all reinforcements within, roach in the last- few days, bn was unable to maintain his position, and began to retreat on the night of the 18th, and evacuated the ba-ttlc-flGTlic Italians vehemently attacked in the Gorizia region along the entire border of the plateau. Obstinate hand-to-hand fighting occurred all night lonw The enemy were repulsed) alter reaching our advanced trenches. Fighting was renewed this morning. AUSTRIANS 7 OCCUPY RADOM. (Received July 21, 9.25 p.m.) VIENNA, July 21. Official: The Austrians have occupied Radom.