Italy.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 42, 19 June 1915, Page 5

Italy.

AUSTRIAN BOMBARDMENT. ITALIAN TOWN ATTACKED. LITTLE DAMAGE RECORDED. United Pbem Association. (Received 8.45 a.m.) Rome, June 18. An Austrian cruiser and four destroyers bombarded Fano. The damage is insignificant. ' (Fano is a seaport town of Italy on the Adriatic, six miles south-east of Pesaro. It has some fine buildings and is surrounded by walls and ditches. The harbour, once important, is now nearly choked ’with sand. There is much manufacture of silk twist. The population is about 35,900).

CAUGHT IN A TUNNEL. CAPTURE OF TRAIN WITH CANNON. i J (Received 9.15 a.m.) Amsterdam, June 18. The Italians at Plava cut the transAlpine railway, capturing in a tunnel a train containing cannon, machineguns, and a quantity of ammunition.