Italy's Part.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 July 1915, Page 5

Italy's Part.

SWISS FRONTIER CLOSED. MOVKMKNfS" OK BAVARIAN ARMY. F.eeeivcd July 20, ~t.T> p.m. London, July 10. The Daily Telegraph's Milan 'correspondent .state;; (tint the closing of the Swiss frontier conceals large- movements of Germans. Jt is believed that the entire Bavarian army is being transported to eitiier Flanders, Die Vosges, or the Italian front. If it is proposed to throw three, or four million Auslro-Ilermans, with a view to occupying Italy from the Adriatic to the (Jiilf of Genoa', the Ttaiiitfifi are strong enough to resist. They are excellently equipped with guns an;l ammunition, and have proved themselves equal to Hie best soldiers in Kuropc. Italy does not expect a Herman attack, which is also unlikely, on the welldefended fortresses in the Vosges, and it is more likely that the Bavarians are going to Belgium or Northern France.

ON THE INSONZO FRONT. SAVGCLVARY FIGHTING. Received July 20. 11.-V p.m. Rome, July 20. Official:- We gained marked successes on the Jsonzo front on Sunday. After u resolute. and- siniguimir-y n'«tion on tho C'arso plateau, wo captured several lines of armored trenches, two thousand prisoners, six machine-guns, fteen hundred iilles and munitions. The attack was relieved \vith redoubled energy along the imtirfc Ison/.o' front' on Monday.

IN. THE ADRIATIC. ACTIVITY OF ITALIAN' AIRCRAFT. Received July 20, !»..w p.m. Home, July 20. " Official i-iStricc-'thfi 7th there has been much activity on' Italian ships and aircraft in the Adriatic. Our warships destroyed a' revictilftlling bass for torpcdocra at' one of the Dalmatian islands, and an''ltalian" dirigible cau-cd fires in important stabilimcnto at the Tocnico works,- Trieste, which are visible for twenty-five miles. .VVatevplanes dropped bombs on Austrian destroyers concentrated at Fabana Canal, near Pola, among other noteworthy aviation feats.

ITALIAN CRUISER SUNK. MOST OF TUB CREW SAVED. Received July 20, 8.5 p.m. Rome, July 20. Official: A submarine torpedoed and sank the cruiser Guiseppe Garibaldi in the Adriatic. Most of the crew were saved. THE SHIP TORPEDOED. FIXE DISCIPLINE OF THE CREW. Received July 20, 9.5."> p.m. Rome, July 20. The cruisers 'Marc Francesco, Ferrucci, Guiseppi Garibaldi, and Vettorpisani bombarded the railway at dawn on the 18th, near Cattaro, where a number of Austrian battleships were tailcing refuge. The enemy stayed in the harbor, with steam up, until the Italians retired.

Submarines thca attacked the Garibaldi, which avoided the first attempt, but was later struck. The crew preserved the utmost calm discipline, the men shouting "Long live the King" several times before jumping into the sea in accordance with orders.

REPORTED LOST. { TWO AUSTRIAN SUBMARINES. Rome, July 10. A refugee from Pola reports tliat two Austrian submarines, which wore reconnoitring the Italian const, have not returned, and it is believed they have been losj. TOLL OF AUSTRIAN OFFICERS. Rome, July 19. Since the beginning of the war with Italy. 1200 Austrian officers, including three generals, have been killed.