THE ITALIAN WAR.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 248, 19 October 1915, Page 5

THE ITALIAN WAR.

FORTIFIED POSITIONS

STORMED

ITALIANS SOLIDLY ESTAB-

LISHED

v(Keceived Oct. 19, 0.55 a.m.) POME, Oct. 18. TJ#> Italians stormed fortified positions at Pragasina, an important advaae*-^ point of the fortified lliva group, in the difficult mountainous i'i'giv>-!i west of GanHa. A communique states: The actioii at Pragasjnu began on Tuesday niglit. Despite heavy fire i'rom powerful batteries at Riva, we readied the entanglements in the fog and exit openings. We resumed the attack in the morning under lille and artillery fire jvnd asphyxiating bombs. We advanced beyond Pvagnsxna to the heights dominating the Leijro Valley, where wt» solidly established ourselves.