DISAPPEARING MOUNTAINS.
An. Italian artillery officer, writing from the front, states that Mounts Podgora, Sei Busi and San M.iehoio, which were tho strongest Austrian positions in the Cavso, havo been made nnrecoguisablo by tlio hammering they have roceived. Nothing is left of the armoured trenchos and dugouts. Even the shape of tho mountains has changed. Other officers sa,y tho Austrian losses were chiefly due to tho fall of rocks caused by tho shells. Over 10,000 Austria us are estimated to have been crushed to death in tho trenches. In one set of trenches, near San Martini, 2500 dead were found. The Italian losses were comparatively slight, owing to tho tremendous lire from their guns a.nd partly to frequent bayonet charges, in which tho Italians showed themselves superior to their adversaries.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11512, 7 October 1915, Page 7
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130DISAPPEARING MOUNTAINS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11512, 7 October 1915, Page 7
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