OPERATIONS ON ITALIAN FRONT.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13937, 21 July 1917, Page 6

OPERATIONS ON ITALIAN FRONT.

'. V - ' ... 7 , ' G6NSIDERABLE' : MOVEMENT OF AUSTRIAN TROOPS, ' ITALIANS INTENSIFY ARTILLERY' FIRE. • - ' " (lU\uter ; s Telegrams,) ' ROME, July 19., There is a considerable movement of' Austrian troops in the rear of the Isonzo and Carso fronts, which is taken as an indication that the enemy has been obliged to send reinforcements to the Russian front. The Italians have profited by the situation by intensifying their artillery fire, especially along'the Carso, thus engaging large Austrian' contingents simultaneously. The Italians have advanced their positions at Some points seven hundred yards*-, \ GERMANS COUNTER-ATTACK IN EASTERN GALIOIA. RUSSIAN POSITION PIERCED ON A WIDE FRONT. • \ v, (Australian and Renter). •Recerjiethluly 20, at 9;20 p.m. 1 J-fc > i 1 -"'Tod®, Jilv 19. ' A wireless German official report says: Challenged by the Russian offensive, despite their peace assertions, Ave comiter-at-tack-ei;! in Eastern Galicia, piercing the Russian position eastward of Zlockzow on a wide front. ' "