GENERAL BOMBARDMENT
AUSTRIANS MASS AT WRONG PLACE. (Australian acd N.Z. Cable Association.) ■ (Rec. May 18, 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, May IT. There was a preliminary Italian bombardment of 56' hours between Tolmino and the sea. The enemy, apparently, expected, the main attack on the Carsb at Goritzia, where they massed ; 1500 guns. The principal attack was on the Plava sector, where the Isonzq runs in steep hills. ...'.''■ The enemy held the entire left bank except the Plava bridghead, where the Italians had established themselves early in the war, though unable enlarge the bridgehead since. ;^ Italian guns and. trench mortars smashed the Austrian position on Sunday. . ' .'. ""• .. The Italians bridged the Isonzq below Plava on Monday, and crossed uninterruptedly, though shells filled the valley.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 18 May 1917, Page 5
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