HEAVY FIGHTING EASTWARD OF GORIZIA
AUSTRIAN ATTACKS REPULSED / FURTHER CAPTURES BY THE ITALIANS The High Commissioner reports• London, August 15 3 3.20 p.m. A' report from tlie Italian front last nightstates: "The Italians repulsed several counter-attacks yesterday, capturing several sections of enemy trenches and 1419 prisoners." ITALIAN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE.' Australian-IfeW Zealand Cable Association. .... T . .• rn •1, • v * London, August 15. 1 An Italian official commumjue states: "We attacked the Austrian lines westward of Storado and Mount reemka, captunne; several tronrTiP* TW* is heavy fighting in the hilk eastward of Gorisia. Anstrian ' at various points were everywhere repulsed." AN ESTIMATE OF AUSTRIAN LOSSES. A wireless report estimates tlie Austrian losses on front since August 4at 25,000 killed, 40,000 wounded, and 22,000 prisoners The total, including losses oil the enst front, is probably over 200 000
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2852, 17 August 1916, Page 5
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