GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED ON WEST FRONT.
ITALIANS STILL FIGHTING BRAYELY.
AUSTRO-GEMAN THKUST HELD UP.
SUBMARINES AND THE SHIPPING QUESTION.
(Bj Cable.)
Tha Matin's Turin correspondent reports that von Bulow's army, comprising nine divisions, is now disposed between Krobatin s and Conrad's armies on the spurs of Monte Grappa. The enemy have 5000 guns on a line from Asiago to the sea. The fifth day's battle between tha Brenta and the Piave was the most sanguinary since the offensive began. The enemy threw In reserve divisions without regard to their colossal losses, and at the end of the day the hilts and valleys were literally covered with dead. The bombardment reached an unheard of pitch of violence.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3327, 19 December 1917, Page 17
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