ITALY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 24 May 1917, Page 5

ITALY.

ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS REPULSED.

POLA HEAVILY BOMBARDED

AUSTRIANS STILL LOSING HEAVILY.

LONDON, May 22. An Italian official report states: We repulsed raids at the Cavento Pass and in the Giumella valley, also attacks at Monte Dossalto, the ZugmaPosina valley, the Asiago plateau, and, Carnia. Repeated enemy attempts' eastward of Gorizia failed. The Exchange Telegraph's Rome correspondent states that the Austrian counter-offensive at Trentino yesterday was characterised by increased, violence, but all infantry efforts failed. A most determined attack was made in the afternoon, after an intense bombardment. Dense columns of ( picked troops were repulsed with heavy i losses, but re-advanced after midnight and gained a temporary footing in the advanced trenches, sustaining tremendous losses. The Austrian attack, which was one of the fiercest of the whole war, was : aimed at seizing Pasubuy, so as to re- j lieve the pressure on the Isonzo, but ■ ! the pressure is unabated. The Daily Telegraph's Rome correspondent states that, having lost the chief point d'appui on the Isonzo, the Austrians have established their right wing on the heights of the Ternova forest, where they have prepared a new and formidable line. The Austrians continue to destroy Gorizia, realising they have lost all hope of retaking the town. ROME, May 23. Italian aeroplanes bombarded the arsenal at Pola, causing a great fire, which has been burning for two days, important buildings being destroyed. The Austrian command on the southwestern front has been transferred from the Archduke Eugene to Marj shal Conrad.