ITALIAN CAMPAIGN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2541, 16 August 1915, Page 5

ITALIAN CAMPAIGN

• OFFICIAL MESSAGES By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright • (Rec. August 15, 0.20 p.ni.) Rome, August 14. Official.—"The struggle behind Ca-dere-Frontiev is moro intense. The enemy in the Montepiam zono supported by many guns, attempted on Friday a couiiter-attack against our positions, from which ho was expelled 011 Thursday. After a furious combat lio was driven back -with heavy losses. While our artillery, in tho Sexten Valley Was maintaining a continuous fire on tho enemy works, • our infantry climbed and entrenched themselves on tho summit of Obprbacherkanzol, southeastward of Berbakhcrspitze. Another detachment in the meanwhile occupied on important group of Alpine communications westward of Fortyella Ceritgia .Our . batteries on the ,'lsonzo havo started a destructive lire .against the defences of Plezzo Valley. Direct hits were' obtained against ' tho battery, which was skilfully hidden in caves. Some of "'tho enemy _ entrenchments fronting ua at Mcmteseibusi were shat* tefed, and many of the occupants took tp flight and were killed by shrapnel and rifle, lire. AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE SUfJK. Romp, August 13. ■ The Italians, in tho Lower Adriatic, Hank the Austrian submarine XJ3. The 'second in command and eleven' of the crew were token prisoners. . ' AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL MESSAGE (Rec. August 15, 3.5 p.m.) . Amsterdam, August 14. 'Austrian Official.—"Wo successfully' bombarded an Italian camp near Cornious. • Our armoured train drove out the enemy guards from the villages of Chizzola in the Etscb Valley. ' "Our submarine Ul2 has not returned from a cruise in the Northern Adriatic." THE ENEMY'S CLAIMS. (Eec. August 15, 3.5 p.m.) ' London, August 14. The 'Austrian official version of the bombardment cabled on August 11 says: "We heavily bombarded four factories, igniting one; we shattered tho tramway viaduct at Molfetta, and burned to the ground several depots. At Sanspirito we bombed the signal station and five factories, igniting one, causing a panic among the, population of Baru. We badly damaged the railway viaduct at fiaugiovio.