ITALY'S WAR

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13662, 2 September 1916, Page 5

ITALY'S WAR

FIRST FRUITS OF DECLARATION. , SEIZURE OF GERMAN SHIPS. ('■' Router's Telegrams;") HOME, August 31. The Government has decided to confiscate all German ships interned in Italian harbours. GERMAN REPORTS,

FIGHTING ON THE DEFENSIVE,

(Australian anil N. 15. Cablo Association.)

i LONDON, August 31. • A German communique savs: W ( > repulsed .counter-attacks on'the Upper I'osiua ami Astico Valleys. The enemy intensely bombarded our new ; positions at Ganriol, The eiicmy is trying to consolidate his Gorizia and'Carso areas. ■.. ■ • /