THE AMERICAN NOTE

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 226, 12 June 1915, Page 5

THE AMERICAN NOTE

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ITALY AT WAR. i£ . 7~"_ -SMu.

BRAVO, ALPINI t r ' T>ti , DESPERATE STRUGOLE AMONG TOWERING ROCKS. DEATH BEFORE SURRENDER, AUSTRIANS ROUTED. (Reed 10.45 p.m.)ROME, June 11. Details of the capture of Preikofel Pass show that the Austrians made a desperate resistance for three days. They repeatedly rallied and flung themselves on a small Italian force holding Lh e Pass. The artillery were unable to ntervene, and left the struggle to men vith bayonets a'nd clubbed rifles, who were fighting shut in by towering rocks. At a critical moment throe fresh Austrian regiments were thrown xgainst the sadly deciriiatd Italian front. The officers ordered the Alpini to di e rather than yield an inch. A charge drove the Alpini down the pass, but, re-forming, they brought the Austrian rush to a standstill: Steadily feeding the line and entrenching, the Italians mad e the position secure until the Austrians refused to again face the steel. Then the Alpini assumed the offensive and converted the repulse into a rout.

AUSTRIAN STRONGHOLD ABANDONED.

GUNS SENT TO GALICIA. - (Reed. 11.5 p.m.) ROME, June 11. Italians traversing the Ansa Valley towards Roverto discovered that the Austrians had wrecked and abandoned Pozizacchio fort, a great stronghold on which four years' labour had been bestowed. The heavy guns have beeen conveyed to Galicia.

WEDGE DRIVEN INTO AUSTRIAN CENTRE.

COMPLETE ENVELOPMENT THREATENED (Reed. 11.45 p.m.) ROME, June 11. The capture of Monfalcone drives a wedge into the Austrian centre just below the canal, threatening complete envelopment. The invaders reached Monfalcone through flooded marshes. The Archduke Eugene's headquarters is at Caibanes. Official: The enemy left two hundred dead and four hundred wounded at Preikofel and 220 prisoners. The enemy's counter-attacks were repulsed with heavy losses.

CATHEDRALS IN DANGER. J

PREPARING FOR THE VILE HUNS. (Reed 10.45 p.m.) ROME, June 11. The "Vossische Zeitung" announces that a -wireless telegraph report states that anti-aircraft, guns have been placed on th e .Cathedrals at Milan and St. Mark's at Venice. This will justify aerial attacks. Italian authorities say that the state, ment is false. The evident object is to prepare public opinion for outrages similar to those at Rheims and Louvain.

NOT AT WAR WITH GERMANY.

•■.-.•'■. ([Refid. 11.5 p;m.f >",-> 'S: 'M ':■■' #o**®, siix& 11..'"-: ; f ; , Italy, has signed a, convention "wftJfr fact -that p*o*ity in.ltaly is estimated 'at some millions ' of faterasta i« Germany are small/

17 MILES FROM TRIESTE.

ITALIANS PUSHING ON. (Itecd 10.45 p.m.) ROME, June" 11. I ■ The Italians are within seventeen | miles of Trieste.

MALESBORI LOOTERS.

■ m i i ■■■< (Reed 10.45 p.m.) ROME, June 11. The authorities at Medua detained vessels with food cargoes destined for Montenegro. The Malessori looted the vessel. The Italian destroyers thereupon shelled the town and disembarked a landing party. They hold the leaders hostages until the foodstuffs are despatched. —j SERVIA INVADING ALBANIA. ADVANCING ON DURAZ2O. (Reed. 11.35 a.m.) ROME, June 11. The Serbians have occupied Tirana, and are now advancing on Durazzo. Albanian insurgents have proclaimed a Republic. Bosnian deserters report that cholera is assuming more vast proportions than it did last summer in Eastern Hungary, Transylvania and Galicia. There are many cases in Vienna where there is some panic.

I MONFALCONE OCCUPIED.

A GAS FACTOEY FOUND DEMOLISHED. ROME, June 11« The- Italians, on entering Monfal eone, discovered that the fleet's bombardment bad demolished a huge poisonous gas factory, the pipes from which had already been laid towards the trenches. . The dirigible- that bombed torpedo works and submarine factory iiT the Dunubuis navy yard at Finiue, also bombed a factory neat the town, where German submarines were jiieced together. Austrian torpedoers chased the dirigible and when the latter's crew found they could not escape they ignited the dirigible and jumped into the sea, and were made prisoners.

GREAT RUSSIAN SUCCESS-

MUCH MUNITIONS CAPTUREDWHOLE COMPANY OF PRUSSIAN GUARDS TAKEN. PETROGRAD, June 11. Official: W e drove back on Thursday, to the right bank of the Dnefster, strong forces which had crossed to the left, near Jairasnov, and extended to Siwka. The enemy had heavy losses. We captured guns) 49 machine-guns, 188 officers, and 6,500 Austro-German soldiers, including an entire company of Prussian Guard.

RUSSIAN BARQUE SUNK.

CREW ALL SAVED. • {Rec. 10.5 a.m.) / LONDON, June 11. A submarine sunk the Russian barque Thomattu by shell-fire, forty miles south of Oldhead and Kin sale. The crew -were six hours in boats and were landed at Queenstown.

NAVAL CASUALTIES.

< ' ~ v.../--. .'. ' Dr. i BOEriijiftes; .f.b'et;: ike ■ •lw;s of. life i« the 'Navy duriug"tic*;is'fif is 0,-408, inclrdinff those lost oeOioP* waii. Mid the Ttibcoss Irene. ~.