AUSTRIAN POSITIONS ATTACKED FROM THE AIR.
BOMBS DROPPED ON TRENCHES AND RAILWAY STATION.
ITALIAN BOMBARDMENT OF MALBORGETTO CONTINUES.
(Received June 20, 6 p.m.)
Rome, June 19.
An official communique states: " Our artillery continued to bombard the Austrian fort of Malborgetto, which attempted to reply, but was silenced.
" On the night of the 17th our airships dropped bombs on the Austrian positions at Monte Santo and the enemy s trenches near Gradisca. and partially destroyed the railway station at Ovciadiaga, on the Gorz-Dornberg line."
The Italians at Plava, on the Isonzo, cut the trans-Alpine railway, capturing in a, tunnel a train containing cannon, machine-guns, and a quantity of ammunition.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15949, 21 June 1915, Page 7
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