ITALIAN FRONT.
ENEMY MASSING TROOPS AND GUNS. GREAT OFFENSIVE EXPECTED. LATEST ITALIAN REPORTS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association ( Received Jan. 3, 12.55 a.m.) . R6ME, Jan. 2. The continued bcfftcentration of Austro-Germans and the massing of artillery behind the Brenta and the Piaro presages a great offensive. THE HAND OF THE HUN. AIR RAIDS ON PADUA. ATTEMPT.TO WRECK PRECIOUS TREASURES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association LONDON; Jan. 1. An. Italian semi-official message' states that in the air raids on Padua the enemy is deliberately seeking to wreck precious treasures of religious ' art. Last evening bombs were dropped in the cathedral church of St. Anthony and Church of Hermits. Bomb splinters - struck the Archbishop’s palace and the Monte Dinictas. In numbers of cases the explosions damaged old bronze doors, priceless paintings,' and statues.' In the Capella St. George the celebrated Titan frescoes were damaged - and parts of paintings were torn down by explosions. *
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4757, 3 January 1918, Page 5
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