ITALIAN CAMPAIGN

Southland Times, Issue 17482, 24 July 1915, Page 6

ITALIAN CAMPAIGN

„ 1 I 1 TPAT.TAW CAMPAIGN 1 AUSTRIAN COMMUJJIQUE tpat.tatt ASSAULTS BEPULSBD ATT UNDECIDED BATTLE (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright) _ VIENNA, July 23. 1 Official : The defenders on the Do- i berdo Plateau brilliantly repulsed all at- • tacks. The Italians kept up their ad- > vance on the Polazzo sector and attacked J at night. All their assaults were re- ‘ pulsed with great bloodshed. We made a * counter-attack at Sdrasussina and re- ■ captured all the positions. The Italians continually brought up fresh forces to the bridgehead at Podgora, where ten mfantry regiments in succession made barren attacks. The battle continually developed into hand-to-hand _ fighting. Three assaults failed. The enemy pierced some pacts of our trenches but were repulsed. The battle is still undecided. BATTLE OP GORIZIA ITALIA If TUEKHJG MOVEMENT tolmtwo almost subeotoded I ROME, July 23. Received July 23, 9 p.m. The battle of Gorizia, involving the Italian turning movement, is sweeping ail before it. The troops from Gradisca . are attacking Podgora and tho Sabolino mountains, which, although on the right . bank of the Isonzo, dominate Gorizia. The Italians are holding Plava and fore- , ing their way to IVlonto Santo, at the ( top of Podora, which is crowned with five forts with twelve-inch guns, while the slope of Podora is cut up into trenches with sliding armoured shutters and vast grottos. The Austrians keep strong reserves in these and when the Italians capture a section, the Austrians retire, blocking up the remainder of the wall with quick-drying cement. General Cadorna is simultaneously attempting the reduction of Tolmino, which is almost surrounded.