300,000 GERMANS JOIN AUSTRIANS.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17125, 29 October 1917, Page 5

300,000 GERMANS JOIN AUSTRIANS.

IMMENSE CONCENTRATION OF

POWER.

GERMANS' GREAT TRANSPORT

FEAT.

WHOLE ARMIES CARRIED

ACROSS EUROPE.

Received October 28, 5.5 p.m

LONDON, October 27

Mr. Ward Price, telegraphing later from the Italian front, says: Three hundred thousand Germans have been added to the Austrian forces in the Isonzo Valley between Plezzo and Tolmino. This vast strength is concentrated on a front of twenty miles, thereby increasing the forty Austrian divisions racing the Italian second army by fifty l er cent. There are also certainly reinforcements behind; Mackensen is directing the offensive. Otto Yon Buelow is commanding the German contingent. The Italians are faced by one of Germany's supreme efforts with singleness of purpose and complete harmony of action. The Germans carried out the task of transporting, their huge military organisation, which is no longer needed on the Russian front, to *a place where it can be used to best effect. The transport has been an immense feat. The Germans uprooted whole armies and carried them across Europe, taking advantage of a thick fog. Th« Germans suddenly thrust at the Italian outposts south of Monte Nero, where a German army corps attacked an Italian brigade, bursting through by sheer weight of numbers and reaching the banks of the Isodzo. Favoured by a night of rain, the Germans pushed three miles up flic valley, seized Caporetto town and then divided. Part attacked the Italian bastion of Monte St. Arasbilla and the rest pushed on to Robec, hoping to turn the whole line of the Italian defence. Fortunately both German efforts were held >up. Meanwhile other Germans made frontal attacks on the main Isonzo line, while attacks from the German bridgeheads at Santa Maria and Santa Lucia, south of Tolmino, succeeded by a surprise. ThW Italians were driven out of Globocak. One of the key positions.to the main defence. It was essential to ,retake Globocak immediately and a brigade of BersagHeras were sent forward with orders to recapture Globocak at all costs. They did so with bombs end bayonet and the line was restored.