ITALY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 145999, 4 December 1917, Page 3

ITALY.

BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS. ON THE PIAVE RIVER. AND GOING TO STAY THERE. (Received Dec. 4, 10 a.m.) NEW YORK, Dec. 3. A United Press message from tbe Italian front states that the AngloFrench have taken over vulnerable points on the entire Piave River front. The Teutons will find an impassable barrier. A NAVAL RAID. DEFEATED BY ARMOURED TRAIN.

ROME, Dec. 2. Official.—Fourteen enemy light craft attacked the coast on the 28th, but were counter-attacked by armoured trains, and quickly withdrew, managing to evade the torpedoers dispatched in {lie direction of Pola to intercept them. An armoured train hit an enemy ship. ENEMY ARTILLERY, STILL BATTERING MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS. (Received Dec. 4. 11.35 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 3. Italian official: There have been intense and prolonged artillery actions in the Monts Pasaubio and Melette region, also northward of Monte Grappa. HOPES FOR VENICE. HOSTILE ADVANCE STOPPED. (Received Deo. 4, 11.25 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. Cables from Rome state that it is believed Venice will be saved from the Teuton advance. At the Adriatic end of the Piave River the invaders have halted.