Italy's Part.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 July 1915, Page 5

Italy's Part.

POSITION AT GORfZIA. Till-; (JAUiUSON* DEMORALISED. O'encva, .(illy 20. I lie i'ribune publishes a dispatch from Milan stating that after severe fighting the Italians have taken Oorizia. Home, Juki 215. Three Italian workmen who were interned at, (iorizia • scaped. They stated that the garrison was entirely demoralised, several officers hail committed suicide. ami supplies were short owing to tlic destruction of roads and the railwav.

DKFKX DF.HS < IX S.UO.RT RAtlOX*. Received Ju.'y 27, !1.30 p.m. Rome, July 27. The condition <.f (ioraia is critical, and most < f tlu- civilia.ns have departed. The Austriam are on short rations ami water, in consequence. the. cutting oi tlse railway to I'liiva. THE CORSO VICTORY. ITALIAN ARTILLERY WORK. London, July 2ti. The Rome correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says that eyewitnesses of the ( orso battle on the 22nd state that the victory was due to stupendous artillery superiority of the Italians. Five hundred cannon were massed against the enemy and continuously fired for several hours, spreading confusion and dismay. It is estimated that over 6001 Austrians fell. The Austrian prisoners were a pitiable spectacle. They were thoroughly worn out and declared that their defeat was due to the Austrian inability to send sufficient reinforcements from Poland, also to the non-arrival of the heavy artillery. The- newest guns were needed on the east front.

PELAGOSSA OCUPIED. ITALIANS .DI.FFlcn/r TASK. Received July ->7, 9.30 p.m. Rome, July 27, Official: Naval forces have occupied the Island of Pekgossa, an important strategic position. Received July 27, 10.2& p.m. Home, July 27. Pelagossa wan frequently but tho Austrian.* maintained communication with the mainland by meams of sigmais. Its occupation ivas necassary, and the operation was ("tficiiH, as tho island abounds with crevasse,s and ravines, but it iwa,s a complete success.

ON THE ISONZO ANOTHER ITALIAN SUCCESS. Kecelved July 27. 1035 p,m, j Rome, July 27. OfSiciaJ: Wo made appreciable pa-o-gress on the Lower Isoiizo, and conquered a ibroad stretch of wooded ground. Our left wing stormed the entrenchments 'in the centre, and conquered miost of .Mento de fieibusl by the right wing, after tho whole, position had been talcen and retaken several times. righting evervtrtie.ro tva-s most desperate. The enemy i» the evening used asphyxiating bombs, and our men used masks. Prisoners totalled I'COO.

AUSTRIAN LOSSES. Y MORE THAN 20 TO 1. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) Received July 27, 7.35 a.m. i London, .July 27. The Echo de Paris asserts that the Italians have captured twenty thousand Austrians, while the Austrians have captured less than one thousand Italians. TRIBUTE FROM BRITAIN. Received July 28,. 12.40 a.m. London, July 28. Influential Britons, including ' Lords Brice, Balfour, Reay and Cromer, Monsignor Benson, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and many literatc-urs, have sent a letter to Italy expressing admiration of her conduct in the supreme world crisis, and wish heroic Italy to know that we feel towards her as our fathers did towards the Italy of the Risorginento.