GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 25, 28 September 1915, Page 8

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

(Pnii'be Press Assjoiation. 1 London, September 27. The Times’ correspondent on the Carnia front says the Italian troops are now dominating the great highroad through Plezzo to Tarvis, by way of the Predil Pass. Plezzo has been fast gripped since Italy occupied Noncombou. Tlie Predil Pass fortifications crumpled under the Italian big guns, once more proving that fortresses are helpless against modern heavy guns. The Austrians seemed to have abandoned the fortresses, and have shown great skill in disposing guns among the mountains, but they are being slowly pushed back under a relentless pressure. The eyes of the Austrian Alpini have been ‘ plucked out by the Alpini, to whom nothing is inaccessible climbing precipitous peaks, dropping from ro’cks with bayonet and knife, and taking trenches without firing a shot; what cannot these troops do, who treat the mountains like wild goats? Tire Italian engineers are wonderful. They have driven roads up, round, and through mountains, zig-zagged on the face of cliffs, and blasted through great masses of rock. The Press Bureau announces that a Newcastle workers’ deputation visited the Western front. They conversed with the officers and men in the trenches and learned the necessity for a more adequate supply of ammunition. The fighters are urging those at home to drop their differences and ensure the utmost output. Reasonable officers are emphatically of opinion that the British, man for man, are superior to the enemy, and deprecated the constant tributes to German organisation. The British accomplishments in organisation had been remarkable, notably in the convalescent camp, wherein, since December, ten thousand men had recovered and reentered the trenches. The secret of this success was the utilization of the abilities of their patients. All trades were there represented, and plumbing, tailoring, cooking and renovating dentistry were all done by convalescents, with the result that the men after a fortnight’s rest and recreation were rehabilitated. The deputation were impressed by the goodwill "between the officers and the men, and their cheerful confidence in the final result. Whatever the events of the past had been, a splendid organisation existed to-day. The fighters had had a frightfully trying time in the trench work, and only ask that we shall be loyal to them and supply shells in even-in-creasing quantities, without which success is impossible. The deputation deplores the unwarranted reports ol slacking in British factories; it was bad policy to spread such reports, which depress the brave fighters, who already had more than enough to bear.