ENEMY'S REPORT OF THE BALKAN FRONT.
ITALIANS SHOWING ACTIVITY AT VALONA. Australian and N.Z. Cable. (Received 9 p.m.) LONDON. August 23. An Austrian communique states: Enemy activity has increased in the Valona region of Albania." A German communique states: "We stormed new positions at Star , Wipczyna, in the Balkans, and made good progress, • clearing the highlands west of Ostrovo. We repulsed Servian attacks in the Moglena Mountains." ' Valona is an Albanian' port, on the Adriatic, 58 miles south of Durazzo. It is situated at the south end of a lagoon a mile and a-half inland from the Bay of Valona, The town has for some time been occupied by an Italian' force.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16317, 25 August 1916, Page 5
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