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Mataura Ensign, 21 June 1915, Page 4

■fleers. and 20 moil on route to Australia. B RICA DIE R-C E N ERA L LECCE. Received Juno 21, a.in. AHfILBOURNE,. June 21. Colonel .Leggo’-s appointment • a-s sne- . dessor -to Mu' la toGeneral Bridges at the'■ Dardanelles is gazetted with the rank ;of brigadier-general. OUR WOUNDED IN EGYPT. THE MEN REPORTED MISSING. WELLINGTON', June 21, Tliii' (iovor’tioi: .cabled, *o LieutenantGeneral- Maxwell (Officer Commanding the troops in '-Egypt) asking . ifthere wds any truth in the rumor that there was insufficient hospital .accommodation for five .New Zealand wound-. . .eel. •••. His Excellency has received areply stating that there is ample accommodation and to spare and the men receive full treatment. >The Governor also cabled to . the Secretary of - State for the Colo nVs asking for information.. regarding rhose soldiers who are roported missing.• ill. Hon. ,A; Bonar 1 Law ; replied stating that the Turkish Government trad agreed to establish an Information Bureau but its proceedings a-opear to be slow. Particulars 'will bo cabled as; soon, as they are received. THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN. i BATTLE FOR ~A HEIGHT, COURAGEOUS ITALIANS. . - THE ENEMY REPULSED. ~ •Received June 21, 10.15 a.m. ROME,.'Juno. 20. Official: Details are to hand of the battle for a height on the loft, bank of the Isonzo, 'commanding, a.-plateau, wjiich' isoat the bottom of the Pass of iasohiit, baying stoop, .wooded ,slopes , with ■ K swift*’ h'lVtC fle&pT Alvei' * lioiween. Our troops with., great and courageous efforts, threw ’ pontoons Across at night and attacked at dawn on June, 16 in the dace of terrible difficulties, including deep networks of stout barbed wire reinforced by iron bars and numerous hidden, heavy guns. The Italians xil'tor repeated assaults with the cold steel debouched in the evening on tho border of the first position. All coun-ter-attacks wore driven back, and we carried the height on June 17, hut the enemy concentrated ,a violent artillery and machine gun lire and repeatedly sent fresh troops to reinforce those who had been decimated. Tho enemy was finally repulsed by the bayonet. Our-losses were serious but the. results arc important. GALLANT ALPINE TROOPS. NIGHT ATTACKS ON CRAGS. Received June 21, 8.4,5 a.m. ROME, June 20. Details of tire Alpinis’ attack on tho northern, slopes of Monte Nero, where the Austrians were being constantly rcInforcjed, state that the ground was so 'difficult that the Italian Staff’ decided to advance at night in absolute silence. It was hoped by climbing the almost perpendicular cliffs to attack?the enemy on two shies. The Alpini were armed with 1 rifles and bombs. Some of them took off their boots and wrapped their feet in ,rags in order to climb up'the crags quietly. By clawn a column was operating on the Vrafca counterscarp gad '.another was north-west of Monte Potoio. Meanwhile the Alpini wore ' within two metres of,the enemy, before they were detected. They leaped into the trenches, and a -furious hand-to-hand light took place with bayonet and rifle -butts. ' The Italians then took a second line of trenches. The incident of -the Hungarian attack followed arid was repulsed a-> cabled. , Simultaneously two Italian columns at night attacked the Monte Kozlink front- and got within 200 yards of thd . Au-striai# trenches'lndore they' were detected... Thc Alpini without a moment’s hesitation dashed in and forced the astonished Austrians to retreat. The latter were pursued with hand grenades, while a' second -. oh.iinn struck the Austrian rear and out off their retreat. Six hundred Austrians wore t-akeii prisoner and 8(10 were left on the field wounded. The Italian losses were slight. NAVAL GUNNERS ACTIVE. DU INO BATTERIES SI IJINCFD. .Received June 21. 8.45 a.m. ROME,' June 20. The delta oi the Isonzo is ■impraetie- , a hid to warships owing, to its shallowtil .ss. ‘ ..Naval gunners silenced the batteries at Duino by means of floating batteries , similar - to those used at Alexandria in 18S2. ■ S N ALBANIA. SERBIANS OCCUPY DURAZZO. i FLIGHT OF ESS AD PASHA. . . _ - i R.eocd-vcd June 21. 9.2' i a.in. i ATHENS, June 20. j •It is reported that the Serbians have < occupied Dnrazzo ami that Es.sad Pasha , lias fled towards Italy. <