FORMIDABLE DEFENCES RUSHEDBY ITALIANS.
MANY PRISONERS TAKEN",
(Australian and N.Z v 'Gable Association.) (Received. ' Septv 19, 5.55 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 18. , Mr Wsird Price, telegraphing .from Italian Headquarters, states : On either side ol ! the precipitous gorge of the Breuta l-iver, r where ii^leaVTes the Austrian and enters' the Italian lines, there- is a f ormidable-T systeh> -yof-, wire entanglement^/ filling.. ihe whole valley* half being under the -water o£ a-i"uslunK stream or on ib.e, M-aJis oi./(steep lock cliffs,' wliich also are, honeycombed. :A\iih machine gun. , posts; -".,;';•,-.• • ■ ■■-■■'> The Italian infantry at ; daybreak rushed the. whole, defeusive -system, taking prisoner 350- after, a. .short, ) fierce fight m a dark i'aviue. .. ■-. \ Th e Italians also T took prisoner three hundred m a -raid a^ Monte Grappa.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14713, 19 September 1918, Page 5
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123FORMIDABLE DEFENCES RUSHEDBY ITALIANS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14713, 19 September 1918, Page 5
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