ITALIAN FRONT.
OFFENSIVE OPENS AUSPICIOUSLY. IMPORTANT POINTS STORMED. LONDON, May 27. Italian official. —We consecrated the dawn of the fourth year of . the war with a victory. The operation continued uninterruptedly on Saturday and Sunday. We stormed Zigolon, Mount Presena, Lahe Masin and Monticello Pass and inflicted severe losses. Prisoners to date total 870, while the booty includes a quantity of all kinds of material. The enemy twice strongly attacked our position on Mont Cory, but a counter attack repelled him. We downed eight aeroplanes, AUSTRIAN DESECRATION. ' ROME, May 27. The have stripped metals off churches in" the invaded regions, and excavated cemeteries for zinc. The population is indignant. Many protesters have Keen shot.
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Taihape Daily Times, 29 May 1918, Page 5
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114ITALIAN FRONT. Taihape Daily Times, 29 May 1918, Page 5
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