ITALIAN FRONT.

Northern Advocate, 20 July 1915, Page 3

ITALIAN FRONT.

APPROACHING GORIZiA;

RAILWAY JUNCTION COVERED

THRILLING ALPINE FIGHT

(press Assn.—Reed. 10 p.m.) ■"*'■■■ ROME, July 19. The Italians gained a ■ mile towards Tiernova and reached a point commanding the railway junction whereby food passes to Gorizia from the Tiernova plateau. . A thrilling episode occurred ten thousand feet up in the ■ Tonale Pass " region. ' The . Austrians thought they had found two undefended passes which would enable them to break through the western Trentino and reach the Lombard plain. Parties of Tyrolese mountaineers with guns traversed the Aidamello Glacier, crossing a sea of

ice seven miles wide in a raging blizzard. They split up into two columns and stole cautiously along tracks known only to Alpine smugglers expecting to catch the Italians napping. The Italian Alpini discovered them and in a sharp fight the-Tyrolese were defeated and had tv re-face the glacier and blizzard. It is unknown whether they regained their lines. Italy is preparing for a winter campaign in the Alps and is collecting skins, including rabbits, foxes and wolves and the people are urged to encourage the temporary breeding of animals which will multiply easily.