GRIM CARNAGE ON THE ITALIAN FRONT
" THE ENEMY'S LOSSES ARE APPALLING" (Kec. September 10, 8.15 ,p.m.) ■ i London, September 10. Mr. H'Clure tho "Times'' correspondent, describing the fighting round Gorizia, says the enemy's losses are appalling;. _ The capture of 122 officers in the past two days reveals tho extent of tho Italian successes. Under, the Austrian system the majority of the officors do not participate in tho fighting, but remain in caverns and funk-holes at the rear, where thoy, are now being dug out in batches. After the line was broken in tho fighting in the Garso, the Austrians repeatedly broke down) rnd suffered tfie bloodiest losses. The trencheswere filled with long swathes of dead.—The "Times." ,
. AUSTRIANS CLAIM LARGE CAPTURES. I (H«c. .September 10, 8.30 p.m.) ' London, September 10. ; An Austrian official report states:—"Since August 19 £aken prisoner on tho Isonzo front 500 officers and 18,000 men."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assri.-Keuter.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3187, 11 September 1917, Page 5
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