ITALY’S CAMPAIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17280, 22 September 1916, Page 5

ITALY’S CAMPAIGN

AUSTRIAN LOSSES.d

THE BATTLE FOR TRIESTE.

Australian and N.Z. Cnbls Association. (Received September 21, 5.30 p.m.) ROME, September 20.’ \ * The Austrian losses on the battle- : field stretching from San Grado to the sea" from September T 3 to 18j are estimated .at 20,00(1. Great stores of • ammunition and mtinv cannon word captured during thp artillery duels and hand-to-hand ‘fighting which character- i.. y ises the battle for Trieste.' AUSTRIA’S CLAIMS. * .) (Received September 21, .8.5 p.m.) p AMSTERDAM, September 21. • , An Austrian communique says:—; The defenders'of the Carso highlands encountered in a' four days’ • battle , twenty infantry brigades, and a ca v? , airy division and. fifteen Bersaglien ■ yy. battalions. . The enemy’s attacks on Civaron Pas? and a stream in • tbß Sugana sector were repulsed with heavy losses..