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ITALIANS CAPTURE | POSITIONS. ; FIVE AUSTRIAN AEROPLANES LOST j AUSTRIANS CLAIM SUCCESS. Received March 28, 11.45 p.m. Rome, March 28. A communique says: We captured strong entrenchments in the SelettoFreikofeld Cavallo pass. A sanguinary thirty hours' fight at Palpiccolo led to the temporary loss of our positions which we recaptured with the bayonet. Hundreds of enemy corpses were strewn on the ground. Our anti-aircraft guns in the Isonzo brought down three aeroplanes. Five airmen were made prisoners and the commander of the squadron was killed. Amsterdam, March 28. An Austrian communique says: After severe fighting at the Gorizia bridgehead we captured the whole of the enemy positions on the front of the northern portion of the Padora heights.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 March 1916, Page 5
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