ITALIANS HOLD MOUNT CORNO.
AGAINST ENEMY'S THIRD ATTACK. # — (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.! (Reuter's Telegram.) (Received May 20, 9.50 a.m.) LONDON, May 19. An- Italian official report states : The enemy's third attempt on. May 17th to recapture Mount Corno failed. Two columns,- iwith machine-guns and' flame-throwers, strongly supported by artillery) attacked bur positions. The attackers were caught under, violent artillery and machine-gun fire and compelled to retire in confusion. We firmly held the positions. We.repuused raiders at other points on the front. ■«■
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14609, 20 May 1918, Page 3
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