THE ITALIAN FRONT.
MAD AUSTRIAN ASSAULT,
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) ROME, Feb. 12.
The Messagero states that the Austrian attacks began in brilliant moonlight at 3 o’clock in the morning on a five kilometre front between San Marco and Santa Caterana. The defenders evacuated the front trenches and in half an hour delivered a massed counter-attack wjtli the bayonet. A majority of the Austrians in the trenches were killed in the furious hand-to-hand fighting lasting till dawn. The Austrians employed picked troops. The Italian losses were comparatively light.
ITALIAN SUCCESSES
(Admiralty Per Wireless Press.) (Received Feu. 13, 6.45 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 13.
An Italian official report says: W© reached Tarvis Station. We repulsed an attack in the Vadel zone and after violent hand-to-hand fighting the Vadel survivors were captured. We re established our lines east of Gonzia and repulsed the enemy with serious losses. _____
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4473, 14 February 1917, Page 5
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