THE CARSO BATTLE.
HALF A MILLION TROOPS
ENGAGED.
Received 1-5 a.m., Oct. 14
LONDON, Oct. 13
Half a million are engaged in the Carso battle. Whereas the Italian offensive in October, 1915, -was broKen by Krupp and Skoda cun.s, the Italian artillery lias now a marked supe riority. The Italian tire was continued ail night in the moonlight. The wholf pdateau was in flames, the fire' rising from the deep ravines enveloping nam lets and villages. The burning wood turned the tre: ches into charnel hous es. The Austrians followed a, new plan of saving their munitions for the moment of the assault when tha barraga of lire was intense. .Prior to the attack, Austrian officers deprived the men of their handkerchiefs, but eagerness to surrender was so great that the Austrians took eft their shirts and waved them as signals.
Many prisoners declared that they had been without food or fifty hours At least 24,000 Au&trians were killed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 16751, 14 October 1916, Page 5
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