ITALY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144854, 4 December 1915, Page 3

ITALY.

HEAVY AUSTRIAY LOSSES. TIMES AND SYDNEY SL’N SERVICES. (Received Dec. 4, 8 a.m.) ROME,.Doc. 3. t A correspondent of the press estimates that the Austrians hare lost 300,000 men on the Italian front, mcluditfg 60,000 dead and 4-1,000 prisoners captured. In the present- t. lfensjro Italy has captured 10,000 prisoners. HELP EOll SERBIA. GOOD RELATIONS TVITH GREECE. ROME, Dec. 2. Baron Sonniuo, continuing his speech on the political situation, said that the heartrending appeal coming across the Adriatic could not be resisted. Italy, with the aid of the Allies, would ensure the revictualiiug and ammunitioning of the Serbians, imd facilitate concentration while awaiting the hour of vengeance. The Italian arms, with tenacity, self-sacrifice and dash, wore carrying out the re-couquost of the natural frontier. . The oath of Italy for a jealous guardianship of her vital interests in the Mediterranean was also important, and the several months she had already spent in the war showed how necessary it was to make pnbl'o testimony of the solidarity of the Allies. Formal signature to Italy’s adhesion had been given in London. . The attitude of Greece had momentarily created a certain tens,ion. but the situation had beep quickly cleared by the exchange of Notes, and Greece had now consented to give the required assurances harmonising with her preceding declaration of a benevolent neutrality. Thus there was everv reason for the hope henceforth of all suspicion atid .distrust being allayed, and the most cordial relations being resumed with Greece. It would consequently lie easy to settle the questions of guarantees regarding the movement cf the Allied troops at Salonika, .and the safety of lines of communication and railway, and the transport of our supplies.

AN AUSTRIAN REPORT. AMSTERDAM. Dec. 3. An Austrian communique states: Italian artillery destroyed several villages behind our front in the Tolmiuo basin. The enemy repeatedly attacked the Gorizia bridgehead, hut were unsuccessful, and wo nlarched into Plevlji after a stubborn battle.