A BIG FIGHT

Northern Advocate, 4 December 1916, Page 3

A BIG FIGHT

impemhm; ruii the Italians.EXTENSIVE ENEMY PREPARtATlON*. Australian and N Z. Cable Association. LOXDOX, December 1. The "Daily Telegraph's" Rome correspondent state's that tlie coiHenip'late'd .German 6ffehsive 6n> thf> Italiafl front is widely discussed.- Tiie Austrlans retain only a small pdrtiori of their advance into it.i'lah terrifo'vy,corresponding to the radius domihai-' od by the Austria.■> lor.s from Soniuioalto to Lavarone. in Val Sapiua, j The preparations, which have besn carried on with great activity, indicate that the 'Germans contemplate an j oiTensive of a \vi;ler range. A short railway has boon completed between ' Egua and Cavale::e, on the Avisio, 2,1 miles north-cast of Trent, and is being rapidly extended to Predazzo, five | miles further north. This suggests j that the projected offensive extends to the 'Dolomite region, where the Ital- j ians have taken tip a strong position ! on Colbricon and .Monte 'Caunnl. Two division of have ai- : ready arrived. Tho proclajiiations of the divisional commanders told the j soldiers that they mas', be pivjared to sheri the last drop of bbcl to j/revent the Italians enter : i!..!; the heart of the Trentino. Tho Italian lines are j Incomparably stronger and better pre- j pared than in May, when the Vustrian offensive was launched.