ITALIAN WAR
HOW MOUNT CIMONE WAS TAKEN FRONTAL. ATTACK SUCCESSFUL. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Roc. Julv 51. 9.10 a.m>.) ' ROME, July 30Prior to the capture of Mount Cimon-e. the Italians scaled one point with ladders but* only 26 penetrated. They wove massacred -and some wore thrown, some a Live. down the ravine. Realising tint a, frontal attack was necessary, the •Italians misled the Anstriaus l>y bonv;h:irdin.ee Asiago Plateau and Pasulio. The Austria ns, expecting an attack there, Teclied with a hurricane of fire. Meanwhile a hundred Italian guns v.cre concentrated on Mount Cimone for 12 hours and it was then stormed. MORE GROUND GAINED. (Rc-c. Julv 31. 12.30 p.m.) LONDON. July 30. _ An Italian icorrjmunique says : We ■shelled the- railway station in **agaTina Valley and gained .ground northward of Cinioni". AUini a position,in the Topann region. . We have bopiui to advance in Travenauzes' Valley. ATTACKS REPULSED AT MONTE CTMON E. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, July 29. An Italian communique says:—We renulsed attacks on Monto Cimone, and further progressed on the Col Briccon.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 31 July 1916, Page 5
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175ITALIAN WAR Nelson Evening Mail, 31 July 1916, Page 5
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