THE ITALIAN WAR.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13824, 20 July 1915, Page 5

THE ITALIAN WAR.

ADVANCE !M THE ISONZQ

REGION.

GORZ COMMUNICATIONS

THREATENED,

THRILLING ENCOUNTER IN A

MOUNTAIN PASS

(Received July 19, 9.10 p.m.)

Rome, July 19

The Italians gained a mile towards Tirnova, and reached a point commanding a railway junction whereby food passes to Gorz from the Tirnova. I plateau. A thrilling episode occurred at an altitude of 10,000 feet.in the- Tonale Pass region. The Aust'rians thought they had found' two undefended passes which would enable them to break through to Lhe Western Trentino and reach the Lombard plain. Parties cf Tyrolese mountaineers, with guns, traversed the Adamello glacier, crossing a sea of ice for seven miles in a raging blizzard. They split up into two columns and stole cautiously along tracks known only to Alpine Smugglers expecting to catch, the Italians napping. The Italian Alpini discovered them/ and a sharp fight ensued. -The Tyrolose, I

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defeated/ had to again face the glacier in the blizzard. It is not known whether they regained their, linos.

■ Italy is preparing for a winter campaign in the Alps, and is collecting skins, including those of rabbits, foxes, and wolves. The .people are urged to encourage the temporary breeding of animals which multiply easily.