ITALIAN AIR-RAIDS

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 40, 16 August 1915, Page 7

ITALIAN AIR-RAIDS

EXCELLENT RESULTS. (Received August 16, 10.30 a.m.) PARIS, 15th August. Advices from Venice state that fugitives report daily Italian air raids, which have resulted in the complete destruction of military docks at Trieste, and damage to the Governor's Palace. STRUGGLE AT CADORE FRONTIER AUSTRIANS DRIVEN BACK AFTER FURIOUS COMBAT. ROME, 14th August. Official.— The struggle behind the Cadore frontier is more intense. The enemy in the Monte> Piana zone, supported by many guns, attempted on Friday to counter-attack against the positions whence they were expelled on Thursday. After a furious combat they were driven back with heavy losses. While our artillery in the Sexten Valley was maintaining a continuous fire on the enemy works, our infantry climbed and entrenched themselves on the summit of Oberbacherkanzel, south-eastward of Berbakheaspitze. (This area is some miles north of the frontier due north of Venice,) Another detachment meanwhile occupied an important group of alpine communications westward of Fortyella Centigia. Other batteries on the Isonzo started a destructive fire against the defences of the Plezza Valley. Direct hits were obtained against a battery skilfully hid-, den by caves. Some enemy entrenchments fronting us at Monte Sebusi were shattered, and many of the occupants took to flight and were killed by shrapnel and rifle fire. AUSTRIAN BOMBARDMENTS. AMSTERDAM, 15th August. Austrian official.— We successfully bombarded the Italian camp near Cormons. Our armoured train drove out enemy guards from the villagp of ChizzOla in the Etsch Valley. The Austrian offickl version of the bombardment nf the 11th states : We heavily bombarded four factories, igniting One, shattered the tramway viaduct at Molfetta, burned to the ground several depots at San Spirito, and bombed the signal station and five factories, igniting one, and causing a panic tunonu tho population at Baric. Wo -ilf«o b?dly dumped the lailway viaduct at San Gaaij^ip."