Italy's Part.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1915, Page 5

Italy's Part.

IN THE ALPS. A THRILLING EPISODE. Received July Ift, 9.10 p.m. Rome, July 19. The Italians gained a mile towards Tiernova, and reached a point commanding the railway junction, whereby food passes to Gorizia from the Tiernova ■plateau. A thrilling episode occurred at a lieiglit of ten thousand feet in the Tona'.c pass region. The Austrians thought they had found two undefended passes vhieh would enable them to break through Western Trentino and reach the Lombard plain. Parties of Tvrolese mountaineers, with guns, traversed the Adamello glacier, crossing a sea of ice for seven miles in a raging blizzard. They split up into two columns, and Htole cautiously along the tracks known •only to Alpine, smugglers, expecting to <*atcii the Italians napping. The Italian Alpini discovered them, and after a sharp fight the Tvrolesc were defeated, and had to rcface the glacier and blizzard. It is unknown whether they regained their lines. Italy is preparing for a winter campaign in the Alps, and is collecting skins, including those of rabbits, foxes, and wolves. The people are urged to entourage the temporary breeding of animals which multiply easily.

A SUCCESSFUL OFFENSIVE. . ATTACKS OX AI'STIiLVX FORTS. Homo, July 18. Offirial: We continue the successful offen-ivc against the group of fortsnear Faizarojio and Livfallongn, and nrc now iiriiiLT 'lie difficult coimtrv beIwech tlic fort.-. The iiilanirr, under a lilimli-rdiu ii 1.•, charged with the Imvonet and r-apti!v--d (he 'Advanced in F.ana 1 'i">- in the Anoraz Valley. Two dii'iciMes bombarded the Austrian oamp> at Corizia with 'aUsfaeton rc-uli-. •3J A I'Al'Ar^riiilTK^T. Home, July 18. The Pope has instructed the Papal •Nuncio at Vienna to protest against the bombardment of Bari. AUSTRIAN' AEROPLANE CAPTURED. '. Rome, July Ift. One of ye-terday's aeroplanes at Bari on its way home was hit by rifle fire, fell into the sea near Barletta, and was f&ptyred with two officers.