ITALY

Taranaki Daily News, 30 June 1915, Page 5

ITALY

AUSTRIAN TERRITORY FNTERED. SUCCESS OF ITALIAN I'.'KCK . ' THE POPE'S rXTERVIWY. Keceive.l Juno 20, 5.20 p.m. Koine. June 29. The Italians entered An-triaii terriory aout.ii «.i • 'I!:.- A', i:.':. S.y light lunreh. (Ic.-troyi-d a puAc;--r-t:'.tioii it Tonale, plunging l!i\a in darl.T.e.-s. The Seccolo states that < arrlitial : imette, Merrier, and Bourne have writen to the Pope the difficult losition tlicy find t!:en«!ve- in mvm,t ty the effect on 11ii'.1 ■ opinion of tli■.* dberte interview. and have a ,; ke! to W allowed to deny the interview. ITALIANS FR'JM AMKKK'A. London. .Tune : K: . It is stated that, MO/WO Italians'linve eturned from Amorira to join the r.rmv.

I BRITAIN'S PART.

PRAISE FROM THE FRENCH. ARTILLERY DUEL AT THE FRONT. : AIR RAID IX GERMANY. BOMBS OX ZEPPELIN SHED. Received June 2!). 9 p.m. Paris, June 23. I-e Temps, in an article, says thui if British land support is limited it niu ß t not be forgotten that Britain has the heaviest task on the sea, and it is vitally necessary to maintain maritime supremacy. The article emphasises the enormous industrial effort entailed to keep up the British fleet. In Britain all have

contributed assistance to her industrial and f.. anci:il resources, while her military support has surpassed all forecasts. Oll'i.'ial: There is an artillery duel from the north of Souchez to Ncuville. Heavy gum bomjiarded Arras. Our artillery had the advantage between the Oise and the Aisne.

One of our aeroplanes successfully dropped bombs on a Zeppelin shed at Krii'drickshafen. Owing to the stoppage of the motor the aviator descended in Swiss territory. LINE UNBROKEN." i AS SEEN BY THE GERMANS. GREAT DEFENSIVE STRUGGLE. GRUESOME PICTURE OF WAR.

Received June 2!), 11.3 p.m. London, June 29. Herr Wiegand, in a. message to the New York World from the headquarters of Prince liupprecht's army near Soucliez. says:— " Germany's wall of iron and blood between Arras and Ypres has been bent slightly, but is unbroken, and not even cracked under General Joffre's terrific battering and ramlike attacks. General Jofl'r''s offensive is rapidly waning. It led to a deluge of blood and little else to-dav. I looked into the veritable hell of death, as the Germans call the stretch of three or four miles between Ncuville and the, Lorette heights. Nowhere else has there been such a merciless combat ami such bloodshed to the square yard. IL'rince Kuppreehi and General Ludiow are engaged in the greatc.-t defensive struggle of the war, holding back the French and English, while matters are settling with the Russians."

Tiie general continued Perhaps there are ten thousand unlitiried or partly buried dead between the l.orette heights. Xeuvi'le and the Labryrinth. The smell is pestilential. Our hose has thrown creosote and <|iiieklime on the nearer trencher, and both sides have readied an ur.2p.lken agreement to hury those nearer at nißht time. AVords fail to portray the nature of the scene day or night. Wiiite eyes are staring out of faces Imrned eoalblaek by the sun and piles oi bodies smoke in places. As the days and weeks pa>s they shrivel and shrink until they resemble little heap-; of "hi clothes and silent heaps. Tin are ino">e weird by moonlight than by daylight." Tl'e general added: "T wish those c:ni-' -.L r this war with iiidill'ereiK'e could put with this hell a little while.''