HUNGARIANS ANNIHILATED.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1916, Page 5

HUNGARIANS ANNIHILATED.

STARVING ITALIANS IN GORIZIA'. . Rome. August 11. The Austrians retired to a line from Terrnovo to the Vippaceo river, but their heavy artillery has been withdrawn further. Nearly seven thousand Italian women and childrc-n were found in the town in a starving condition. HUGE AUSTRIAN LOSSES. RETREATING ENEMY PRESSED. New York. Angu=t 11. A Rome correspondent states that the Austrians 10-,t more than .">O,OOO killed, wounded and prisoners in the two days' fighting preceding tile fall of Gorizia. East of Gorizia the Italian cavalry are now pressing the retreating Austrians. South of Gorizia there is tierce fighting on the Carso plateau. Austrian prisoners report that the attack on Gorizia was a complete surprise. ITALIAN STRATEGY. STUBBORN OPPOSITION OVERCOME. MORE TOWNS OCCUPIED, Rome. August 11. The most stubborn Austrian opposition to the advance on the Isonzo v. as at 'Podgora, where the Austrians emerged from caverns and indicted heavy casu allies on the attackers. The Italians drew a cordon around the position, resumed the advance, and organised defences at San Michelle and other commanding positions, whence they saw the Austrians swarming along the roads out of Gorizia with carts and motor lorries. The Italian long-range guns opened (ire on tin; fugitives, spreading panic, death, and destruction. The Italian advance on Gorizia covers 13 miles by three. The Italians have occupied Rubbi, San I Martino, and Del Carso. THROUGH JAPANESE EYES. THE ATTACK OX GORIZM. ITALIANS FOUGHT SPLENDIDLY. AUSTRIANS COLLAPSING. STRENGTH OF THE ALLIES. ' Received August 12, 5.35 p.m. ! London, August 11. | The Daily Telegraph's Milan correspondent interviewed the Japanese Admiral lOkiyama, who watched tlu attack on j Gorizia. The lalians, he said, fought | splendidly. They were well equipped . with supplies and showed a fine spirit, ! They can continue to advance at any time. The successive defeats leave the Austrians weakened, and they appear to be no longer capble of strong resistance. Admiral Okivama, reviewing his imi iressions of the East front, says the | Ulics are now thrice as strong as the Austro-Germans in troops, guns, and supplies. VN ALMOST NOISELESS HOWITZER. Received August. 13, S.lO p.m. Amsterdam, August 12. Vienna papers report that the Italians isccl a new howitzer, which is almost .loiseless. They were unaware it had been fired untii the shell was almost at the point of exploding. AUSTRIAN IMAGINATION RUNS DRY. Received August 13, 11.20 p.m. Vienna, August 13. The Austrian communique merely mentions the capture of small batches of prisoners at Kazowka and eastward of Gorizia. (DAMAGE BY AIR RAID Received August 13, S.lO p.m. Paris, August 12. The Austrian air raid on Venice cansi id serious damage. The Church of Santa Maria della Formosa was entirely de- ! I roved. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. 'Wellington, August 12. The High Commissioner reports:—On , i'iiursdav the Italians captured very 1 strong defences between Vippaceo and j Mount Cosieh. The enemy was com- ' detely routed. The number of prisoners l aid quantity of material captured i 3 ' continually increasing.