"THE GREATEST BATTLE"

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 51, 29 August 1917, Page 7

"THE GREATEST BATTLE"

NEMY SAYS HE IS OUTNUMBERED

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'.;*. (B? TELEGRAPH.— UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.—COPIBIOHT.) ft.-?J : (AI'STBALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) "' ■■»iv , NEW YORK, 28th August. V«i'"j The New York Times Paris correspondent says : "Advices from Switzer'Svjland state that Austria is bordering on a state of panic. The Vienna news'?,;?fp&pers barely venture to discuss the military situation, and there are serious "f "^♦ainternai troubles in Bohemia and Transylvania. The failure of the peace was a terrible blow. Berne is becoming a centre of Austrian in--c";'ltrieue, much of which is pro-Ally." ''M b» COPENHAGEN, 28th August. 'iVi! T-he German and Austrian war correspondents state that the Battle of the ;-:*''lsonzo is the greatest battle ever seen. The Italian Army is twice as great as in ;i/'V.]any previous fight on the ItaliaD front. The Italians are ten times as numer;vt,jous as the Austrians at some place^, and have a thousand.batteries. The fact yl? ?!that the Italians directed their artillery at Monte Santo from two sides coma withdrawal on a front of four miles. Monte San Gabrielle (soiith-east :vvC*of Monte Santo) is now the only barrier protecting the Austrian positions gjnorth of Gorizia and the Isonzo Pass. LONDO N, 28th August. "\-.\J The Daily Chronicle's correspondent (Mr. Perciva] Gibbon) states that the V-V-j Italian attackers are utilising the captured food, which renders the victualVl-~. jling problem easy. Something like a battle of movement and manoeuvre has ''■:'.'■ :'< replaced trench warfare on the northern portions of the battle ground. The .'■;■■ V*, Italians are filled with the highest hopes. ?£ CIVILIANS ORDERED TO LEAVE TRIESTE •!■■-_,""-. (Received August 29, 10.45 a.m.) 'Jl;. . WASHINGTON, 28th August. '•„•'." A despatch from the Italian Embassy quotes the Corriere de Italia's i ■",3Zurich correspondent as reporting that civilians have been ordered to evacuate W-'jTrieste. ij CONGRATULATIONS FROM KING GEORGE •:•.:'! t (Received August 29, 10.45 a.m.) . i;'i LONDON, 28th August. ■ '■'': The Press Bureau reports : The King has congratulated £\>e King of Italy '*• 'on the splendid achievements of-his army during the past week, which have '*■ a heavy blow on the enemy, and will have a. far-reaching effect on the . .*'• 'course of the war. King George ie happy that British guns and monitors were :, --jable to contribute to the success.