BIG ITALIAN OFFENSIVE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 14746, 27 October 1915, Page 5

BIG ITALIAN OFFENSIVE.

LMPO..TAXT STAGE REACHED. LONDON, October 25. The Times correspondent in Rrn e says the big Italian offensive is now nt an important stage, and this is the reason they are unable to send foiccs to Salonika. The whole weight mu:t be behind the blows given in the next few weeks. —Times and Sydney Sun Services. STRONG POSITIONS CAPTURED. rtOME, October 26. A communique states; We captu r ed a position in the Adige tone, compl ;t----ing our hold on the road from H va to More, capturing a great quantity of material. We repulsed attacks on Merzli and carried strong entrenchments in lbPlava zone. VENICE AGAIN BOMBED. ROME, October 26. Three Austrian aeroplanes renew. >] the attack on Aenice in the mornir t, bombs wounding several, but litre damage was done. There is indignation throughout Italy, ITALIAN LINER SUNK. WITHOUT WARNING IN THE AEGEAN. Received October 27,9.0 a m. SALONIKA. October 26 A German submarine in the Aegean Sea sank the Italian liner Sicilia wthout warning. READY FOR THE TURKS. HALF A MILLION EGYPTIANS. Received October 27,9.0 a.m. CAIRO, October 26, The Sultan has undertaken to raise half a million troops in readiness for a Turkish attack. A TRAITOR PUNISHED. Received October 27, 9.0 a.m. IXJNDON. October 26. After a trial at tnc Old Bailey a British subject has been sentenced to penal servitude for life for collecting and attempting to communicate to the enemy information regarding the forces and munitions. CROWN PRINCE’S ADMISSION FRENCH ARTILLERY SUPERIORITY TOO GREAT. PARIS, August .71. A . wounded officer of the Crown Fringe's army, who passed through a suburban station on his way to a prison camp, made a remarkable statement this morning. He says that the Crown Prince said to. an officer accompanying Him that the superiority of the French artillery was so great that a successful offensive against Verdun was impossible. The officer further said that the or-

ders of the day read to the troops ii the Argonne always painted in gloving terms the “deeds of your brothei ; in Russia,’’ but the officers knew Lm “truth from confidential reports, which gave the German losses as tremer- * dous. They considered theri gains not worth the sacrifices. German losses in •• th-j Russian counter-attacks, he said, were 15,000 per day between BrestLltovsk and Biel«k. and 20,0(>n raon . per day between Bielsk and Grodno. Before evacuating UareV the Russians inflicted .20,000 casualties cm the Hermans in one afternoon.