ITALY

Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1917, Page 5

ITALY

1 ELABORATE TRENCH SYSTEIVi. IiOTK SIDES BUSY. o Received Feb. 12, 7.30 p.m. London, February 12. The Daily Chroniede's correspondent on the Gorizia front line states that , the trench system on botli sides lias " tieen elaborately developed during the [' recent quiet months, sometimes within half-a-dozen yards of earih, other, ivliile in places the parapets are separated only Tiy an impassable eocoon of entanglements. The bills are cverv- * where covered with a bewildering com--6 plication of galleries tunnels and terraces. TRIESTE BOMBED. ( AN AUSTRIAN REPORT. s A. & XX. Cable Association and Reuter. Admiralty, per Wireless Press, Received Dec. 12, 0.45 p.m. ■i London, February 11. i. Austrian, official.—Enemy eounter- - attacks at Gorizia broke down We took prisoner a further 370. Italian . aviators bombed Trieste. DESPERATE FIGHTING. > CAPTURED POSITIONS REGAINED. 3 Admiralty, per Wireless Pross. ■ A. & N.Z. Cable Association and Reuter. Received Feb. 12, 9.45 p.m. , London, February 12. i, Italian semi-official,—The Austrians , recently repeatedly attacked in an en- .. deavor to eject the Italians from adi. vanced positions east of Gorizia. There - was an intense bombardment, followed .. by infantry advances and desperate - lighting. Some positions were captur- ;, ed, but counter-attacks recovered all - the ground excepting a few advanced s trench elements. Hundreds of Austrian I. dead were left on the field. s . ATTEMPT TO BOMB VALONA. r. - TWO ENEMY SEAPLANES BROUGHT :• DOWN. •Reuter Service. J 1 Rome, February 12. Three enemey seaplanes attempted to ; raid Valona. Two were brought down • in an air light, the crows being captured.