ITALY'S TERRIFIC STRUGGLE IN THE ALPS

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 11 September 1917, Page 6

ITALY'S TERRIFIC STRUGGLE IN THE ALPS

BAD WEATHER DELAYS MILITARY OPERATIONS. FURTHER EVIDENCE"OF ENEMY'S APPALLING LOSSES (Australian and New ZealaniJ o*ble Asaoo!at|on) ROME, September 9. Bad weather is interfering with military operations. (Australian and New Zealand Cablo Association ) Received September 10, at 8.15 p.m. , ' LONDON, September 9.' ; Mr McClure, correspondent with the Italians, describing the fighting round Gorizia, says that the enemy "losses are appalling. The capture of 122 officers during the pasVtwo'. days reveals the extent of the : Italian successes. Under the Austrian system, the majority of the. officers do not ■'.participate-in .the .fighting-but- remain,in.:their.caverns and "funkhqles" iirthe rear.• '"After the line was broken in the Carso fighting, the, Austrians were repeatedly broken, suffering the bloodiest of losses,. the trenches being filled with long swathes of dead. . -,. .-•,;,..'.•,■..' ' ;'..;.' (Australian and Reuter.) '•'■■■ r Received September 10, at 8.30 p.m.; ;• ■■'.' i' ■:■ , ;■■; LONDON, September 9. ' .'.; A wireless' Austrian official report s,ays: Since the 19th August we have captured oh the Isonzo front, 500 officers and 18,000 men.