ITALIAN FRONT.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 3 September 1917, Page 5

ITALIAN FRONT.

ITALIAN CAVALRY IN ACTION. I AUSTRIAN* MAY RENEW PEACE EFFORTS. ROME, August 31. The Austrians announce that. Italian cavalry is marching on Laibach, 40 miles east of Gorz, It is believed that the announcement is intended to justify the necessity for the evacuation of Trieste and the Carso to enable the armies to concentrate' on the defence of Laibach. A French expert writes that if the Italians, after the occupation of Monte Santo and Hcrmada, follow the road to Trieste or the road Napoleon j traced to Vienna, they will strike Aus- ; tria vitally. He believes that the invasion will quickly result in the renewal of the Austrian overtures for separate peace, not only with Italy but with all the Allies. ITALY'S GRIM STRUGGLE. CONSOLIDATING THE GAINS. LONDON, August 31. An Italian official message says: On the Bainsizza Plateau and on the Car- ' so Ave are fighting to consolidate the possession of the heights and rectify our line. We obtained advantages on the northern slopes of Monte San Gabrell'e, in the Brestovizza Valley. An Austrian official message states: The Italias thrust is more powerful than hitherto. We have repulsed attacks on the Bainsizza Plateau and Monte San Gabrielle, and also defeated attacks near Gorz, Graziana, and San Marco.