ITALIAN FRONT.
VANDALISM BY THE HUNS. PRICELESS AET TREASURES DAMAGED. Received 8.45. LONDON, January 1. An Italian semi-official message states: In the air-raids on Cadua the enemy is deliberately seeking to wreck precious treasures and religous art. Last evening bombs were dropped on the Cathedral, the Church of St. Anthony, and the Church of the Hermets. Bomb splinters" struck the Archbishop's Palace and Monte Depietas. In a number of cases explosives damaged the old bronze doors. Priceless paintings in Capella St. George, and celebrated Titian frescoes were damaged, and parts of paintings were torn down by exploshya. ■ mum f
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Taihape Daily Times, 2 January 1918, Page 5
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99ITALIAN FRONT. Taihape Daily Times, 2 January 1918, Page 5
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