ITALIANS CAPTURE A STRONGLY FORTIFIED POSITION
ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS ALL FAIL PRISONERS AND LARGE SUPPLIES OP MUNITIONS CAPTURED (Rec. June 17, 11.5 p.m.) London, .'hum 17. An Italian official message states: "We attacked and carried a. strongly iortified position at Corno Oavento, in the Eastern Trentino. Wo took prisoner Uhe remainder of the parrison, and captured two guns and a larec quantity of supplies of ammunition. The enemy, who is continually being reinforced violently attacked our positions at Ortijrara, but all his atlacke failed."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Heuter. AUSTRIAN COMMISSARIAT DEPOTS SECURED CONTAINING GREAT QUANTITIES OF FOOD. (Rec. Juno 17, 5.5 p.m.) Rome. June IG. The Italians in the Carso battle captured Austrian commissariat depots containinp twonty days' food for 200,000 mon, including a million boxes of preserved meat. It was n serious loss for the Austrians...irho for 1 a Ion" time have been badly fed.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asan. , '. "
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3113, 18 June 1917, Page 5
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