ENEMY'S LOSSES AT PRIEKOFEL PASS.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13792, 12 June 1915, Page 5

ENEMY'S LOSSES AT PRIEKOFEL PASS.

AN ABANDONED FORT,

WEDGE DRIVEN INTO AUSTRIAN CENTRE.

(Received June 11, 11.30 p.m.)

Rome, Juno 11

Official.—The enemy left 200 dead and 400 wounded at Priekofcl Pass. We captured 200 prisoners.

The enemy's counter-attacks were repulsed with heavy loss.

The Italians traversing the Ausa Valley towards Roveedo discovered that the-■ Austrian's had wrecked and abandoned the Pozzecchio fort, a"great stronghold upon which four years' labour was bestowed. The heavy guns were conveyed to Galicia.

The capture of Monfalcone drives a wedge into the Austrian centre just below Canale, threatening its complete envelopment.

The invaders reached Monfalcone through flooded marshes. The Archduke Eugene's headquartens is at Lnibancs.

Italy has signed a convention with Germany in respect to private property, despite the fact that Germany's property in Italy is estimated at some millions of francs, while Italian interests in Germany are small.