ITALY.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1917, Page 5

ITALY.

BRITISH BATTERIES SAVED.

UNFORGETTABLE SCENES. London, Nov. 1. Mr. Price reports from Italian headquarters that all (he British batteries were saved by great efforts. The officers and men endured great hardships and were hampered by the lack of transport. Unforgettable scenes were witnessed 'during the Second Army's retreat. The sky was lit up by flares from ammunition depots and stores, and bridges' were blown up in a teaming downpour of rain. ITALIANS WITHDRAW SAFELY.

TO THE TAGLIAMENTO. London, Nov. 1. Italian official. —Our troops, eluding the enemy's plan by the rapidity of their movements and the resistance of the covering units, have effected a withdrawal to the Tagliamento, despite the most difficult conditions, with the Third Army nearly complete. * 60.000 ITALIANS CUT OFF. WHAT THE GERMANS SAY. London, Nov. 1. A wireless German official message says:—We stormed the bridge-heads at Dignnno and Codroipo and "penetrated positions eastward of the lower Tagliamento. The Austro-Hungarians advanced from the Isonzo against the last of the enemy crossings near Latisana. Sixty thousand Italians were cut off land outflanked and laid down their arms. Several hundred guns were captured. We have now taken 180,000 prisoner.? and 1500 guns. .

HUN ATROCITIES. ITALIAN CONFIDENCE Rome, Nov. 1. . The Messagero announces that tilt Third Army managed to save rich stores of munitions and gnus from the Carso. The Germans have already committed atrocities on the plains of Friuli which the Italians will not forget. Reports come from all the leading towns of Italy of spontaneous demonstrations by patriots of confidence. The entire population of Naples participated in a remarkable demonstration. Thousands of men over age arc bogging the military authorities to accept them. ANGLO-FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS. Router Service. Washington. Nov. 1 _ The Embassy announces that the British and French have arrived at Tagliainento. GERMAN LOSSES, New \"ork, Nov, 1. Thirty thousand Germans were killed in the Bainsizza battle.