ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 November 1917, Page 3

ITALIAN CAMPAIGN.

AN ITALIAN SUCCESS

Received this day at 2.36 p.m.,) LONDON November 27

Italian official After a furious bombardment of Coldella Berrotto, eastward of Brent-a- Valley, the enemy launched a whole infantry division, and a fierce struggle ensued. The barrage isolated the defenders who perhaps, would have been compelled to give ground b'ut the Sicilians and Alpine traversed the death zone and charged the enemy, and forced him hack with severe losses leaving prisoners in our hands .

ALBANIANS FIGHT ALBANIANS

LONDON November 27

The enemy Albanians forced the passage of the Osum southeast of Berat and attacked our Albanians. Our regulars drove them hack with heavy losses.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

EMPIRE SETTLEMENT.

Received, this day at 8.45 a.m. LONDON, November 27

Hon. Walter Long presiding at a gathering whereat papers were read in favour of land settlement within the Empire said he was heartily in agreement with the proposals. Government were not wanting in either will or energy to deal with the question of Empire settlement . AN ENGINEERS STRIKE.

(Received This Dav at 10.15. a.m.) LONDON November 27. Fifty thousand engineers have struck at Coventry, in sympathy with earlier strikers protesting at the failure to recognise the shop stewards.

ESPIONAGE IN SWITZERLAND,

GERMANY’S WORK

(Received this day at 1.30 p.m.) PARIS, Nov. 27

Le Matin’s Zurich correspondent in German-Switzerland is becoming a hotbed of espionage and incendiarism. There ha s been several bomb plots one aimed at the whole-sale destruction of railway stations. Large quantities of ether and petroleum bombs were found in a: passenger train between Zurich and Schaffhausen. Arrests have disclosed a spying organistion in Zurich, similar to Lugano, which implicated the ex-German Consul. Tolkrecht.

A Socialist newspaper asserts that the organisation is really criminal, and contemplates a series of city and .railway murders. There i s reason to believe that the police are the instigators, and shared in the sanguinary outbreak on the 17th.

A FRENCH TRAITOR. (Received this day at 1.30 p.m.l PARIS. Nov. 27th. The Committee of the Chamber of Deputies decided to send M. Malwy up for trial. It is unofficially alleged that while he was Minister of Interior he in formed the enemy of all military and diplomatic projects, especially the attack on Chemin des Dames. He also encouraged mutiny in the army.