GREAT ADVANCE ON THE ISONZO.
ENEMY LINES PENETRATED ON 19=MILE FRONT.
IMPORTANT POSITIONS CAP=
TURED.
8000 PRISONERS AND MANY GUNS TAKEN.
ROME, Aug. 8. The Italians have begun a, great offensive on the Isonzo-Carso sixty-miles front, for which they prepared for several Aveeks. The- action began on Friday moi-ning. After a violent bombardment had destroyed the enemy trenches and fortifications, the infantry charged and captured the first and second systems of defence. The enemy at first "made a strong resistance, but then fled. ,
The fighting was most violent on tlie Gorizia-Monfalcone sector. A number of Bulgarian and Croatian units surrendered.
Four thousand prisoners were captured by Sunday, and they are continuing to come in by thousands.
ROME, Aug. 8. In the offensive on the Isonzo the enemy line has been penetrated on'a front of nineteen miles. LONDON, Aug. 8. The Italians have captured Mt. Sabo. tino and the San Michele bridge-head at Gorizia, and are shelling the town. Eight thousand prisoners were taken on the 6th and 7th, also 11 guns and a hundred machine guns.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16718, 10 August 1916, Page 5
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176GREAT ADVANCE ON THE ISONZO. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16718, 10 August 1916, Page 5
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