ITALY.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1916, Page 5

ITALY.

DOMINATING POSITION TAKEfy WORK OP iiINE EXPLOSION. , Wellington, July 15. J nc High Commissioner reporta under date London, July 14 (5 p.m.):— The Italians beat off an enemy ootin. ter-atack at Mount Maio. On the ing I' ,ateftu tilore lias teen heavy fightOn Tuesday in the Tofana region we exploded a powerful mine, entirely blowing up the position on the Castelletta Biiinuiit eastward of the peak of the Col. de Bois. This commands the road to the 7' 0 , mitM . g' T '"K 'is entire possession ot the whom Austrian occupying force. J he summit is buried in wreckage. Last night the enemy made an attempt to regain the lost position, wjiich mean* time we had strongly fortified. Tha at. tempt completely broke down, the enem* losing heavily. '• [Tofana is a mountain between Cor« tina and Toblach, the latter being oh the railway through the PusteiW which is the main route to the Trenton from Austria.] "

" IMPORTANT POSITION CAPTURED. AUSTRIANS BLOWN UPj -V '. Received July 15, 5.6 p.m. London, July T9, An Italian communique states: Tfc# enemy positions at Castelletto command' ed the Dolomites, road. On' the night of the eleventh we exploded a powerful mine, blowing up these positions, which we occupied. The whole Austrian force 011 t!ie summit was buried in the wreckage. Enemy counter-attacks broke down with heavy loss. Enemy aircraft bombed Padua. 14# damage was slight, two persons being killed. " AN AUSTRIAN REPORT, J' Received July 10, 5.10 p.m. Vienna, July 18, An Austrian communique states* There is intense activity between th® Brenta and the Adige. Ten Italian attacks between Cimadieci and Monte Rasta, were repulsed with loss, our positions being maintained. We repulsed aa Italian attack against the Borcolo Pass. ENEMY DRIVEN BACK, ' 1 FURTHER ITALIAN SUCCESSES Received July 16, 5.20 p.m. Rome, July 15. A communique states: There havt been intense artillery exchanges in the Adige Valley. We carried a strong position at the head of Posina Valley, south of -Coram del Coston, and East of Porcolias. We drove out the enemy near Casteleko and the entrance to the valley of Travenauzes. In the Tofana region our batteries wrecks Toblach station. ■

EMPLOYMENT OF GERMAN PRISONERS. GERMANS RETALIATE. _ Received July 10, 5.30 p.m. London, July 15. There are twenty thousand German soldiers and sailors in Britain, of whom half are unemployed. Some have been sent to France to unload ships. The Germans have retaliated by sending British prisoners to work at Libau and Windau,