Italy's Part.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1915, Page 5

Italy's Part.

GREAT ITALIAN OFFENSIVE. SAXwI/IXAKY AT'CAl'lvS- OX (JARSO HEIGHTS. Received July 22, 1.."> a.m. Rome, .July 21. A general assault along sevcnty-ili'vc miles, from Tarvis to the Adriatic, is Hearing the culminating phase, (ireater progress lias already been made than the commnni<|iics specify. The Italians have cleared the way for a decisive advance at a numlier of points, but isolated advances are withheld till the last rcsonrce, insecure salients necessitating a heavy sacrifice ot liie, even it" tliev are retained or lost. 'There has been a pronounced advance :u East Sagrado, on the C'arso I'lateau, where bloody onslaughts throughout Monday resulted in the Italians carrying row alter ro\* ( >1 terraced trenches, studded with h—:i-jroof shelters. Tho Italians ibayrnetted the defenders bv hundreds.

ON THE ISONZO. VB ITALIAN SUCCESS. Ee.'ei'ved July 21, 9.25 p.m. Rome, July 21. Official: Our offensive continued on Monday along the whole Isonzo front, and we made special progress on Carso I'lateau, where we made prisoner a further five hundred men. The Giornal l'Kstaba states that the advance along the Isonzo continues, and amounts to a decisive strategic suei-ess. The Austrian losses were enormous. FIERCE FIGHTING. WARY ITALIAN IXiF.W'TR Y. Received July 21, n.25 p.m. Rome, July 21. 'fighting of the fiercest description continues in the western chain of the Caiso Alps. Ihe Italians are in nosse*Fion of all the territory on the vre-t line from Gorizia to MonfaJcone.

During the night, Italian wire-cutters, ivith grenades and knives, crawl to Austrian entrenchments, surprise the guards flnd artillery, and complete the elating of entanglements. In the morning the infantry advances, crawling with hugs of earth on their baeks for protection f lOlll sliells. When the infantry halts, the rbags form a parapet, from'whence the enemy is sprung upon with bayonets. The Italians have thus carried five miles of entrenchments, suffering considerably, but inflicting much heavier losses. The, Anstrians lost ten thousand in the Car«i<? battlo on Sunday. The Italian ibomhardnient of Gorizia caused great destruction, and two guns •'ii the inner fortifications were blown up.

SUCCESSFUL WAR LOAN. Rome, Julv 2fl. Ihe second national war loan of a milliard of lire (40 millions sterliii") eloesd at 050 millions (38 million sterling). GARIBALDI'S SWORDS LOST. Rome, July 20. On board the cruiser Guiseppe Garibaldi were the celebrated gold swords presented to Garibaldi by English and American friends. AN AUSTRIAN REPORT. Amsterilani) Julyi ■-('?). An Austrian official report says: The Italians vehemently, attacked "in the Gorizia region, along the entire border plateau, and there was obstinate hand-to-hand fighting all night. The enemy was repulsed after reaching our advanced trcnchea, The fighting was renewed this morning.