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A DESPERATE BATTLE DURING A BUZZARD By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright, LONDON. July 8. The "Daily Chronicle’s” Turin correspondent states that a desperate hnV tie raged on the Laverado Heights, in tho Tyrol, from the Ist to the uth It began in a blizzard, and continued through bitterly cold weather, and tlieV j( a fog which was so dense that the searchlights were unable to penetiate it. Tho soldiers on both sides grappled with their comrade? among the rocks. Two Austrian batteries engaged in a fierce duel. The Austrians eva>cuatec their positions before the fog lifted. . , , ~ Some of the Austrians wear shields on their backs and breasts, othei carry steel screens, with peepholes.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9092, 10 July 1915, Page 7
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