ITALY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 312, 11 June 1915, Page 5

ITALY

DASH OF THE ITALIANS. IMPORTANT POSB&ONS WOK. ENEMY BATTERIES "DAMAGED. Received June 11, 12.15 a.m. Rome, June 10. Official: The troops at Isonao by grea .dash and tenacity won important posi tions. IWe occupied Monfalcone. On artillery damaged several of the enemy' batteries. We occupied Austrian posi tions in tlie Montenero region, th enemy leaving hundreds of corpses an. isixty wounded. Seventy Bosnian de.sert crs surrendered at Caparetio. We too 1 prisoner four hundred else where. At Isonzo our casualties wev not serious, and prisoners state .that th Austrian losses were very great. AUSTRIANS NOT PREPARED. GERMAN ADVANCE A BLUFF. ITALY'S POSITION IMPROVED. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received June 10, 5.10 p.m. London, June 9. Rome reports state that the Italian vanguard over the Isonzo makes th: Austrian tenure of Gozitz uncertain. The successful operations in the Tren; tino are equally important, and indicate that Italy lias nearly closed the wide open gate giving access to her Northevr plains. It is increasingly evident tint the Austrians have not made adequate preparations for Italy's entry and flu l threats of a lightning German advance, which German agents widely circulated in Italy, are empty bhuT. No doubt Italy will shortly be heavily engaged, but in the meantime her strategical position and morale have been greatly strengthened, KING AT THE FRONT. MOVING WITH THE TROOPS. Received June 10, 11.40 p.m. Rome, June 10. King Emanuel visited all th- advanced trenches between Stelvio and the Adriatic, immensely stimulating the troops' enthusiasm. He accompanied the first brigade when they crossed the Isonzo < ii i pontoon thrown up by the engineers. BUFFALOES IN WAR. CLEAR THE WAY FOR TROOPS. HOW ITALIANS USE THEM. Received June 10, 11.20 p.m. London, June 10. Mr. Donohoo, i" Northern Italy, states he use of wild bull'aloes in breaking lown the Austrian entanglements is not in isolated incident. The Italians have housands of savage animals at their dis. >osal. They also used exploding mines u passes giving an entrance to the Treiiino, and exploding bombs were some;imcs used. A stampede was best, and t was usual for serum to be injected .vhich rouses the bull'aloes to a terrifyng pitch of fury. Sometimes five hunIred beasts were released at a time, and is they rushed through the pass, by a errifie explosion the buffaloes were ilown to pieces, and the troops were tble to traverse in safety and afterwards >at the flesh. AN AUSTRIAN REPORT. Received June 10, 11.20 p.m. Paris, June 10. A Vienna official report, says an Italian livision attacked the bridge head at ioerz on the sth, and were repulsed with severe loss, being obliged to abandon ievern' guns and artillery. The Austrians also defeated attempts to attack near Gradisco Monfalcone. AUSTRIAN SPY ARRESTED. WOUNDED FOR SWITZERLAND. Geneva, June 0. An Austrian spy has been arrested at Domo d'Ossola in possession of a large bomb and plan of t'.ie Simplon Tunnel. Berne, June 9. Upon the Pope's initiative the Federal Council is arranging a scheme to intern 20,000 wounded prisoners in Swiss health resorts, returning them to their ■captors when convalescent.