GREAT SECRET PREPARATIONS.
HONEYCOMBING THE ROCKS. ATTACKS FROM BELOW. Rome, Aug. 9. The Italians have been busy for some months past, h oneycombing tbe southern side of the mountains. They mkde immense caverns in (be soild rock, each i holding a company of infantry. They recently constructed a secret tunnel, 850 ft, long reaching to -within 90ft. of the Austrian trenches. Eight hundred Bersaglieri assembled in the tunnel ready to lead the attack, with strong supports of first line troops.
| AN AUSTRIAN REPORT. London, Aug. 8. An Austrian communique states that 3983 Italians were taken prisoner at Gorizia bridgehead, but owing to repeated desperate attacks the defenders were withdrawn to the eastern bank of the Isonzo. AT LAST
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11644, 10 August 1916, Page 5
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118GREAT SECRET PREPARATIONS. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11644, 10 August 1916, Page 5
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