WITH THE ITALIANS.

Evening Star, Issue 15908, 14 September 1915, Page 6

WITH THE ITALIANS.

AMONG TYROL MOUNTAINS. AN UPHILL TASK. London 'Times' and Sydney 'Sun' Service* „,. LONDON, September 13. n j limes's' correspondent on the Oadore front says : "The pressure upon the eastern side of the Trentino continues, and the Austrians are being slowly pushed back. But lines upon lines of barriers remain and as these are reached the ground has to be won yard by yard, as Jn Flanders—though here it is Flanders tilted to an impossible angle and riven by gullies. There is no rifle fire except a little sniping. The bayonet and hand grenades have become the chief weapons of the infantrymen. 'Vf 10 P° sitiolls of' the Austrians have enabled them to adopt a vessel containing an inflammable liquid, which is rolled down into the Italian trenches. "The Italians have a great advantage in the matter of numbers, but the lustrum, have all the advantages of position for a defensive warfare. If matters come nearer to a settlement before the winter closes down, it will be through the superiority of the Italian artillery clearing a way for their brave, .hardy 'infantrymen. ine Austrians seem to have plenty of guns and ammunition, and, next to Germany, Austria provides evidence of greater preparation for war than any other Power But the superiority of the Italian artillery is unquestioned. The Italians have better guns, shoot better, and their runners have developed a marvellous faculty for hoisting artillery into apparently inaccessible places. The names of these cannot be given, but if. those knowing the country could hear from what ridges the Italian guns are sounding they woSld snare the admiration of those permitted to see this great work." AUSTRIAN BOY SOLDIERS. PITIABLE, IF TRUE. London 'Times' and Sydney 'Sun 'fiervioet. LONDON, September 13 Austria is preparing to mobilise bovs of 16 years old to receive a course of 'military tuition, so that they may be ready to be embodied in the active army should the necessity arise.