Italy

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 74, 27 July 1915, Page 5

Italy

THE BATTLE OF TORSO. ITALIANS' SUPERIOR ARTILLERY Umtfd I'kkss Association. (Received 9.0 a.in.) London, July :.'ii. The Daily Chronicle's Rome correspondent says: ICye-uitncsses of the Corso battle on 22nd state that victory was due to the Italians' stupendous artillery and its superiority. VWe hundred cannon were massed against the enemy, and wen 1 continuously fired for several hours, spreading contusion and dismay. It is estimated thai over eight thousand Austrians fell. The Austrian prisoners, who uero a pitiable spectacle, being thoroughly worn out, declared that their defeat was due to the Austrian inability to send sufficient reinforcements from Poland, also the non-arrival of heavy artillery, as the newest guns were needed on the east front.

ITALIANS TAKE GORZ.

AFTER SEVERE FIGHTING.

(Received 10 a.m.) Geneva, July 2(J

The Tribune publishes a despatch from Milan stating that after severe lighting the Italians have taken (ior/..

(Cor/, is a town on the Tson/.0, 2H miles north-west of Trieste, having a population of 22,000. It is a picturesque old city, surrounded by walls, situated on the slope of a hill, with la now town at the foot, on the left of the river.) THE POSITION IN CORIZtA. (Received 9.45 a.m.) Rome, July 20. Three Italian workmen, who were interned at Gorizia and who escaped, state that the garrison there is entirely demoralised. Several officers committed suicide. Supplies are short owing to the destruction of the roads and the railway

BRAVE ITALIAN NAVALS.

(Received 9.45 a.m.) Paris, July 26

The destroyer Disson destroyed the Austrian supply depot for submarines and aeroplanes at La Costa Island, and 'cut the cables. Several Austrians and one Frenchman were killed. A Naval order records the energy and coolness of the officers on the Disson in finishing the task of embarking the party while under violent fire