Italy's Part.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 July 1915, Page 5

Italy's Part.

A GREAT BATTLE. GOI'JZIA ABOUT TO FALL. Received July 2S, Id p.m. Copenhagen. Ju!v -2H. A correspondent of the Lokal Anzieger; desei'ibing 'battle of )the Isonzo, says it was incomparable with anything that has yet taken plu IT. ing the second week of hostilities the Italians poured shrapnel over IJi.berdo day and night unceasingly. Outside Gorizia, the enemy, assisted' by aviators, are endeavoring to destroy railway connections in the rear.

C'ther newspapers indicate that the Austriaus at Gorizia are preparing to eaiiituiate.

A DAY OF BLOODSHED. ITALIAN REPORT. /Received July 2S, 5.15 p.m. Rome, July 28. Official: In the centre we progressed towards the heights of San .Marino, driving out the enemy covering the trenches and redoubts at the bayonet point. On the right at nightfall we carried out a orilliant action, with tile object of straightening the line, and drove out the enemy inch by inch. We prisonereu 3300, and took much ammunition, rifles and supplies, after a day of bloodshed. TURKEY'S INDIFFERENCE.

ANGLO-ITALIAN RELATIONS. Received July 2S, S.lo p.m. Rome, July 4. Italy Ijas not received a reply to her protest against Turkish persecution of Italians. A diplomatic rupture is regarded as probable. Che newspapers express satisfaction at the British manifesto, which proves that the traditional Anglo-Italian friendship of the two most maritime Powers of old Europe were destined to march together. When the history of the war was written a place of honor must be given to Anglo-Italian diplomacy.

ON THE LOWER ISONZO. SOME IMPORTANT SUCCESSES. ITALIAN TOWNS BOMBARDED. Rome, July 27. The Italians 1 are now masters of the lower Isonxo and hold all the dominating points on the western Corso/whence the Austrians were able to shell the crossings. A brilliant engagement resulted in the capture of Monte Deseibusi (400 ft. high). The Bersaglieri foiir times reached the top and four times were repulsed with heavy loss, but they kept up the attack. At night the battlefield was illuminated, with bombs charged with magnesium, which burst in the air, dropping lights like falling stars. The fifth assault was at dawn, and proved successful, as the Austrians were exhausted. The Italians captured two thousand, Alpine troops cutting off the retreat of a whole Austrian regiment. An Austrian light cruiser and four destroyers 'bombarded the Adriatic coast between Senigallia and Pesaro and the towns of Fano and Senigallia. Two hydroplane* bombarded Aneoiia. The damage was slight and there were 110 casualties. Zurich, July 27. In reply to an appeal, the Austrollungarian Government has promised to respect churches and sacred monuments in Italy if they are not used for military purposes. GORIZIA ALMOST WON. GERMANS IN THE TYROL. REPORTED MASSACRES. (Times and Sydney Sun Services.) London, July 27. The Times' correspondent at ('hiasso says that private information from Udine states that the Pozgora Jlill, dominating Gorizia, is almost entirely won. The victory at Corso on July 22 grows in importance with the revelation of the tremendous enemy preparations. The Austrian aim was to attack in mass anil push back the entire Italian left across the Isonzo into Italy. Victory was won by the concentration of five hundred guns, which for several hours maintained an uninterrupted rain of fire lip-' on the enemy. The Times' correspondent at Rome says that the Germans entered the Tyrol in April, practically taking the administration from the Austrians and Bavarians. The generals made I'otzen their headquarters, carefully studying the ground and preparing for the war against Italy.

The Ideana Zionale states that the German occupation of the Trentino was marked t>y ruthless cruelty and the massacring of many Italians and the removing of others to an unknown destination. AIISTRIANS RETREATING. KVDGOUA TO 11E I'VA^'ATEI). Received July 28, ■">..) p.m. Rome, .July 27. It is unofficially, stated that the Austrian* liave been retreating from Gorizia since July 2li, suffering enormous losses. The evacuation of I'odgora is only a question of hours. The plateau of Cni.su is practically in Italian hands, only a few trenches resisting. A Vienna communique claims that the Italian attack on the plateau was again repulsed, after heavy hand-to-hand fighting.