FIGHTING IN ADRIATIC

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15931, 31 May 1915, Page 7

FIGHTING IN ADRIATIC

ITALIAN Destroyer sunk.

AUSTRIAN CRUISERS DAMAGED

ADVANCE OF ITALIAN ARMY:

NOTABLE RUSSIAN SUCCESS.

ALLIED PROGRESS IN FRANCE.

Minor naval engagements have taken place in the Adriatic between Italian and Austrian warships. An Italian destroyer was attached by an Austrian cruiser and a destroyer. ' Alter fighting lor an hour and exhausting her ammunition, the Italian destroyer was sunk by her crew. The two Austrian warships were seriously damaged on being engaged by an Italian squadron, Another Austrian cruiser, together with a torpedo boat and a destroyer, were seriously damaged by shore batteries on the Italian coast.» An Austrian submarine is believed to have been sunk by two Italian torpedo boats. An Italian dirigible dropped several, bombs on destroyers in the Austrian port of Sebinico. ■" , On land the; Italians have made marked progress. The army operating on the northeast frontier has occupied the town of Gradissa, 25 miles north»west of Triestf. The island of Grado, in the Gulf of Trieste, has also been occupied. On the Trentino frontier an Italian lieutenant and. 85 men held a company of Bavarians at bay; until assistance arrived. The lieutenant and 60 ©! the Italians fell in defence of the pass. The Russians have achieved a notable success north of Przemysl, by l the capture of Sieniawa, on the,east bank of , the San., Seven thousand "prisoners were taken, and eleven, German guns captured. The Germans officially admit that " they were forced back jicross the San in this region. In the - Baltic provinces the Russians are gradually forcing back the , . invaders. ... , • ' " / The Germans in Northeast - France continue to yield v ground to the allies, who are still pursuing the offensive. ; •• The French have ' made considerable gains ■in !;the Sduchtz; and Ablain St. Nazairo region, north of Arm,; and have* j checked all counterattacks .fey, the enemy. v The British have : made further progress near La Basset.' V. ;,, . ; -i, ? • v.- ; • '•■' .I 'V. • j■' •! ?*• V-'Y s ' :>■>> y ; British aviators blew ;up a German ammunition . depot :at• • < ' v Poelcapelfe, in Flandeni. ' . :/ Speaking at » function in London, Sir George Reid, Aus- < ~ tralian High Commissioner, said that he was glad that the - , r - wound . received by General Birdww>d,: who commands: the \ Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. on the GahipoU _' Peninsula, was not serious. This, states a Melbourne message, V is - the first intimation that General Birdwood has been . , wounded. Sir George Reid has cabled! that the Australian casualties include 550 dead and 5200 wounded. Three British steamers have been sunk in the vicinity of Land's End and the coast of Devonshire, by German submarines. ' . 1 „ , ' / , 1 . • ' ■ ' V >■■' ,