OVER 16,000 PRISONERS IN HAND
ITALIAN MASTERY OF THE AIR
(AUSTIALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION AND BETJTEB*) v
LONDON, 22nd August. An Italian official report states: The battle is raging along our whole front. Wa ara overcoming the enemy's resistance north of Gorizia, and gamine new successes along our whole line of battle. The number of prisoners has now reachad 13,311, with 30 guno and great booty. Our aeroplanes have the mastery of the air, and bombarded troops and caused conflagrations along the enemy's lines of communication. Everywhere we repulsed attacks in the Trentino and Carnia. The enemy launched a y bigger attack in the Ledro Valley (west of Lake Garda), but this failed after a lively struggle.
-- {Received August 24, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, 23rd August. Admiralty, per Wireless Press.—An Italian official report states :We made progress on the northern and southern sectors of the Julian front. In the Carso, our troops, after repulsing counter attacks, carried positions jouth-east of Dosso Faiti. . % . - Up to yesterday, 16,000 men and 350 officers had been taken pnsoner. Our aeroplanes and airships dropped twelve tons of bombs among the enemy. )
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 47, 24 August 1917, Page 7
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