ITALY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 384, 2 June 1915, Page 5

ITALY

A RAID ON POLA. MUCH DAMAGE DONE. SUCCESSFUL FLEET ACTION. •SEVERAL VESSELS -SUNK. Received June 1, a.JSO p.m. Rome, June 1. Official: One of our dirigibles dropped Jwwlm on the railway station, a petrol depot, and the .arsenal tit i'ola, on Sunday night. A great fire brake out. at the arsenal. The dirigible was subjeeted to intense artillery lire, lmt escaped uninjured. Our torpedo-boat destroyer flotilla shelled the Monfalcone dockyard, causing serious damage. Upturning from the raid the flotilla destroyed some large sailing vessels laden with Hour. (I'ola is the Austrian n«.val base on the Adriatic coast.) AUSTRIAN FORTS DESTROYED. BRILLIANT ITALIAN WORK. ENEMY'S LOSSES HEAVY. i Received June 1, 8.30 p.m. 'Loudon, June 1. .' Mr. M. Donohae, the war correspond'ent, reports that from the high plateau of Asiado the Italian heavy guns reduced several modem Austrian forts to powder. Jt only took 'three hours to batter to pieces the armored fort of Luserna. The garrison showed the white flag, whereupon the Austrian fort known as JSeh uk'i'e enfiladed the surrenderors, killing many. Ultimately the Italians silenced I'elvidere. and concentrated a terrific fire on Fore Yezemi, which is now a heap of ruins. Throughout Saturday the. Italians rained shells on a fort along the. bank of the Isonzo. It is believed the cnemy'sJ losses were heavy. PALACES FOR HOSPITALS. London, May 31. The Queen of Italy has lent to the Red Cross palaces at the Quirinal,_ Milan, and Mantua, and the l'opo ha's lent his villa. Many priests are. enlisting. AUSTRIANS IN RETREAT. A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION. FOOD FAMINE IN TRIESTE. Received June -i, 12.15 a.m. Home, June 1. The population at Trieste is almost foodless. A hundred thousand have disappeared, and many have fled to Italy and the bulk have i:eon sent to camp in the interior of Austria. Another Austrian aeroplane was captured at Rimini. Refugees from Milan report the Austrian* are retreating towards Trent. Tlicy destroyed property wholesale cm the pretext of military necessity. Houses and factories at Rovcretto and Trent were dynamited. *