ITALIANS SHELLED TO RAGS

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 112, 8 November 1917, Page 7

ITALIANS SHELLED TO RAGS

SUPERIORITY OP GERMAN GUNFIRE (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION ) (Beceived November 8, 8.30 a.m.) Mr. Perceval Gibbon writes: The Auatrians^osfedV TagliaTnto 1'" at a point where there were five channels all passable by motor-car Their shelling across the river thus far has been exclusively by fieldeuns ' The fjprmati superiority in gunfire is the key of the Italian retreat,l 4e Germans heHedth" Italians ,to rags, holding half their fire until the infantrvwer™n the open i,i & £ rS^nd 3 Ge^st^. ied -f— ** --in loice WITHDRAWAL TO LIVENZA RIVER (AtTSTEALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION AND EEUTEB.) (Received November 8, 9.30 a.m.) . „, ffi . . , , . „, , LONDON, 7th November 1. An Italian official report states : Wo have withdrawn in good order to the Livenza River, as the defence oE the Tagliamento was difficult owing to the low water Our aeroplanes and airships repeatedly bombed troops which were repairing the bridges over the Tagliamento and crossing the river. ENEMY'S BRIEF REPORT A German official report states : Our pursuit of the Italian Vis in'pro^ress. (Received November 8, 10.15 a.m.) t , • „ ,„. , „ LONDON, 7th November. Admiralty, per Wireless Press.—A German official report states : We continue the pursuitof the Italians in the mountains and on the Venetian Plain. Thousands have Deen taken prisoner. AN APPEAL FOR UNITY AND FORTITUDE (Received November 8, 10.15 a.m.) rm. v. j j , • ROME, 7th November. Three hundred and fifty-six deputies of all parties have signed a manifesto appealing tor unity and fortitude. The manifesto says : "The battlecry for all must be : Save the country from foreign invaders.'" ITALY'S SHIPPING NEEDS (atothalian-new Zealand cable association.) (Received November 8, 8.30 a.m.) _ , WASHINGTON, 7th November. Two more merchantmen have been turned over to Italy, whose shipping needs will take precedence of those of France. oiu^uig