ITALIAN FRONT.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 30 August 1917, Page 5

ITALIAN FRONT.

ITALIANS OVERCOMING AUSTRIAN RESISTANCE. LONDON, August 29. Wireless Italian official. —Continuing our progress on the Bainsizza Plateau, our troops are in close contact with the enemy. Local attacks gave us further positions. A BELATED ADMISSION. LONDON, August 28. A wireless Austrian official' message, dated August 28, says: “We evacuated Monte Santo without a fight on the night of August 28.” AUSTRIA APPEALS FOR REINFORCEMENTS. \ —————— GERMANY HAS NONE TO SPARE. Received 10.50. BERNE, August 29. Germany, in replying to Austria’s appeal for reinforcements, declares she is unable to render assistance. She also refuses to sene aeroplanes, despite Italy’s marked superiority in the air.