GORIZIA OCCUPIED.
ITALIANS RETIRING.
EXHIBITION" OF COWARDICE
AMSTERDAM, October 2®
A Vienna,official ■■report states thr, tlie Austrian's have occupied Gorizi;. The Italians have withdrawn aero* the Isouzo—-A. and,.N.Z. and-Router ' An, Italiani'official report \says:--
The failing, in resistance of soiu units forming the second army^ wit retired in .cowardice, without tighi ing or suiTKenderiixg, allowed t!.t Austro-Germans to ; penetrafe. the Id wing of the Julian front. The yalia.ii-. efforts of the fcroops were unable V prevent the enemy advancing in Italy's sacked :soil. , . . ' We are withdrawing our line ac cording to iplan prepared. All store svnd depots in t#e evacuated place were d€«troyed'. The record of so many roemora.b: battles successfully fought by ovi brave soldiers for '2| years of wa is. sufficient to assure the Commanil er-in-Chief that the army to whic t3ie country's honour and safety juconfined will know how <to fulfill i"' duty.—Admiralty per Wireless.
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Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 18486, 30 October 1917, Page 3
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