EXTRA EDITION. LATEST WAR NEWS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 26 May 1917, Page 7

EXTRA EDITION. LATEST WAR NEWS

BRITISH AMD CONTINENTAL

THE ITALIAN ATTACK. A SPIRITED DESCRIPTION. AUSTRIAN LINES REMORSELESSLY KNEADED. IRRESISTIBLE INFANTRY RUSH FOLLOWS. BY CABIiH—PBESB ASSOCIATION—COP? EIGHT. '■"5C"'-"xl May 26, 10.45 a.m.) LONDON, May 25. ~• - ■;.. , val Gfbbon, telegraphing on ;- s -^s: Yesterday was the entry into the ■■"•"ted the

of "V. .-■" The ei.o.' lines were uuilt ■•-.* ■ trenches quarried out of the .^K, v and even the barbed wire v> by iron standards cement•su • ne. ■ '" hours a red-hot hailstorm of ''■>'• very calibre remorselessly 'l>i":...it the Austrian line. The y '■< ." Jantry's charge came at four o'citx:K. nnd the Austrians immediately replied with a shrapnel barrage, which might have been confetti for all the effect it had upon the chargers. 'The dust-caked men in gas masks and steel casques dashed at the enemy " trenches in the shattered village of Lukatino, and there was not a single Austrian survivor after the Italians Tiad rushed them with bayonets. The village of Jamiano was a system of vast subterranean shelters, ■ where the garrison was packed like •sardines during the bombardment. Here the Austrians surrendered en masse, 2000 being taken in the first rush, and before morning their commanders were like prisoners in cages, and were wildly telegraphing for assistance. Nine thousand prisoners have already been counted, many of ' whom had just arrived from the Russian front. (Reuter Message.) LONDON, May 25. As a tactical result of the Italian victory, they fought their way fto the tower .of rockji terraces, descending from the Carso plateau to th.c Adriatic thus securing a firm hold on the coast road and railway to Trieste, which is only thirteen miles from the point attained. They also made important gains near Gorizia, capturing formidable "Monte Santo.