ITALIAN BATTLE FRONT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12284, 5 April 1918, Page 3

ITALIAN BATTLE FRONT.

Enemy Worsted In Raid. . .... ROME, April 3. An Italian official message reports:— I no Italians destroyed outposts in La- § ai~lu alloy and drove hack patrols in the Upper Dnonc Valley and CorU 10/.zo, and !UI enemy skioing party, which attacked a post, 2518 metres in altitude, in tic Upper Val Furvn. . , , ROME, April 4. Military circles declare than an Aus-tro-Gorman offensive ou the front is imminent. Batteries are constantly arriving Irora the Russian front. Enemy troops are concentrating, especially iix the bugn.ua Valley and i u the Tfontino. JJnnng the past two months hcliind tho lines at least forty new divisions have arrived. IN FINLAND. AMSTERDAM, April 4. German naval forces landed troops at Hanger, South Finland. SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN, American Steamer Sunk. WASHINGTON, April 3. the Boston steamer Carlisle Castle was torpedoed and sunk in European waters. T , LONDON. April 3. ilio steamer Conargo, formerly the Altona, was torpedoed off .the.' Irish coast, on March 31. Fifteen people \ieic saved and thirty-five are missing. 'File Conargo was proceeding to New lork m ballast. The crow ot fifty hoarded throe boats, bub two were blown np. either by torpedoes or guunre. A collier picked up the third*, containing fifteen men. , t Tho submarine shelled and sank the Greek steamer Saladino, trading to British ports. Seven of the crew wore saved and fifteen are, missing. The Weekly Rtum. A. fcnd N.Z. Cable Association and Eeutet, LONDON. April 3. The Admiralty has issued the following return for the week ending March 30:— Arrivals /, . . , 2116 Sailings .... 2479 Sinkings— Over 1600 tons . . 6 Under 1600 tons . . 7 Unsuccessfully attacked . In Fishing boats sunk . . 5 ROME, April 3. Tho Italian arrivals totalled 381, and the saUings 360. Three steamers of over 1500 tons were sunk, and one sailer above and nine under 100 tons were sunk. PARIS, April 3. The French arrivals totalled 1170, and the departures 1005. The sinkings were nil. Shipping Problem, . LONDON, April 3. It is announced that in the voar ended March 31, 1917, 692,225 gross tonnage merchantmen were completed in the United Kingdom’s shipyards. In tho year ended March 31, 1918, tho completed merchantmen , totalled 1,237,515 tons. The output shows a.i steady upward tendency, reaching the record of 161,674 tons 'in March. The men are. working loyally, having taken to heart the anxiety caused bv tlie comparatively low outputs ofJanntons; and February, luU.Ooo tons.