ITALY.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 January 1918, Page 4

ITALY.

A FRENCH CHARGE. CARRIES ALL BEFORE IT Received Jon. 5, p.m. London, Jan. Mr. Julius Price, the war correspond l ent, reports from the Italian front thai in a shallow valley between the Frencl and Austrian lines and Monte Tomba, the Austrians brought up a .picked division, expecting an onslaught, After sev< eral hours the French, with loud hurrahs, scrambled over the parapet and charged down the snow-clad slope.

The Austrians opened a tremesdoui •barrage against the figures silhouetted upon the snowy background. The Frenchmen, with downhill impetus, carried on up the slope. Hand-to-hand fighting along the whole line ensued, bat ifihs issue was never in douibt. ARTILLERY BALANCE READJUSTED. THOUSANDS OF GUNS 'AVAILABLE. Vienna, Jan. 4, The Reichspost states that tfae AtartroGerman artillery at the front is no longer superior to that of the Italians* In two months they have readjusted tiN» balance, bringing up enormous numbers of guns of all caEbres. They have thousands of guns in the sector Asiago anu the Piave alona ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. TREVISO AND PADUA AGADf BOMBED, Received Jan. 6, 6.5 p.nb London, Jan. 8. Italian official.—There is considerable artillery activity on the various seotora. The enemy has again bombed Tmbo and Padua.