MAELSTROM OF DEATH.
AUSTRIANS MOWN DOWN BY ITALIAN GUNS. OFFICERS KEPT OUT OF DANGER (Received 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 24. Mr. Martin Donohoe, the •'Daily Chronicle's" npecinl correspondent, <lc--scribing the. attack the Italian entrenched position on Monte Sair Michel.-, «nys that ma.-s after mass of Austrian infantry, under cover of terrific fire was fiunß iijjainxt the eastern slopes into a maelstrom of death. The advance did not exceed -NW yards. The Italian guns enfilading the line, tore holes in the ranks until nearly all were killed. Prisoners complain that there were no officer* in the forefront of the fighting. Some aver that the Austrian army is desperately short of officers. |
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 229, 25 September 1915, Page 6
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