Italy

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 28, 2 June 1915, Page 5

Italy

STRAIN ON THE GERMANS. A DEMORALISING EFFECT. Times axo Sydney Sex Service. (Received 8 a.m.) London, June 1. The Italian press comments on Geri many's reasons for declaring war on .Italy. The suggestion is made that Gerimany fears it will cause dissatisfaction and lias already sorely demoralised his armies, and declares that Austria is goading Turkey to declare war against Italy. The postponement of the rupture for a few days would enable many jltalian Consuls in Turkey to return Jioine. AUSTRIAN AEROPLANE BOMBS. DEATH OF ONE CHILD. Unitko Prem Association. (Received 9.10 a.m.) Rome, June 1. Austrian aeroplanes bombed Bari and Brindisi, but little damage was done. A child was killed at Bari. PROCRESS OF ITALIAN TROOPS. (Received 9.15 a.m.) Rome, June 1. Official.—We occupied Gonizugna and important heights northward of Ala dominating Revereto. Our front is solidly established on both slopes of the Yalsugana, five miles from Borogo. Our Alpine troops, after repulsing five violent attacks near the Monte Croce Pass, cleared out the enemy. BOMBARDMENT OF POLA. FOOD FAMINE IN TRIESTE. Jloma, June 1. Official : One of our dirigibles dropped bombs on the rail.-.-iy stati«ri u petrol depot, and ilie aiMMiai at Pol*, on Sunday night. A fire broke out at the arsenal. The dirigible was subjected to intense artllUeiy fire, escaped uninjured. Our torpedo-boat iie.-scroy?r flotilla shelled the Monfalcone dockyard causing serious damoge. Returning from the raid the flotilla destroyed some large sailing vessels laden with flour.

(Pola is the Austrian naval base on the Adriatic coast.)

The population at Trieste is almost foodless. A hundred thousand have disappeared, and many have fled to Italy and the bulk have been sent to camp in the interior of Austria. Another Austrian aeroplane was capturned at Rimini. Refugees from Milan report the Austrians are retreating towards Trent. They destroyed property wholesale on the pretext of military necessity. Houses and factories at Roveretto and Trent were dynamited. Mr. M. Donohoe, the war correspondent, reports that from the high plateau of Asiado the Italian heavy guns reduced several modern Austrian forts to powder. It only took three hours to batter to pieces the armored fort of Luserna. The garrison showed the white flag, whereupon the Austrian fort known as Belvidere enfiladed the surrenderers, killing many. Utimately the Italians silenced Belvidere and concentrated a terrific fire on Fore Ve/.ena, which is now a heap of ruins. Throughout Saturday the Italians rained shells on a fort along the bank of the Isonzo. It is believed the cnemv's losses were heavy.