The Italian forces retreated from Austrian territory, hotly pursued by the enemy, and took up a line of defence on the west side of the River Tagliamento. They destroyed big stores of munitions, which had been collected for the winter campaign. The Germans claim to have captured 200,000 Italians and 1800 guns. British and French forces have gone to the assistance of the Italians. ...
Advertising : 243 wordsWar correspondents pay a tribute to the courage and tenacity of the Italian Third Army during the retreat. The rearguard performed prodigies of valor, despite persistent enemy ...
Article : 290 wordsReports from correspondents state that the Allies representatives have found the Italian armies on the Talgiamento front better organised and equipped than was expected. ...
Article : 181 wordsGeneral Cadorna, in withdrawing the Second and Third Italian armies from the Isonzo front in Italy, is carrying out a masterly retreat. The Third Army, which is next to the ...
Article : 79 wordsSwiss reports state that the enemy is displaying great activity in his naval bases at Pola and Cattaro, where the Austrian fleet is ready for action. A German announcement ...
Article : 56 wordsCorrespondents on the Italian front emphasise the danger of the insidious German propaganda among a section of the Italians. They consider that the enemy's intrigues in Italy ...
Article : 43 wordsA German communique stated:-- We stormed the bridgeheads at Rivignano and Codroipo, on the eastern bank of Lower Tagliamento, and penetrated positions ...
Article : 91 wordsMr. J. I. MacPherson, Under-Secretary for War, on behalf of the War Office, stated in the House of Commons that General Cadorna and the Italian Government had expressed no ...
Article : 142 wordsMany Italian newspapers, replying to the "Daily Chronicle's" message of sympathy, emphasise the feeling of expectantcy, and unanimously hail the announcement that the British ...
Article : 180 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the United Press states that the latest reports, that the Italians have heroically resisted the Teutons, have roused the whole capital. The people are ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Rome newspaper, the "Messagero," announces that the Third Army managed to save rich stores of munitions and guns from the Carso. The Germans already have ...
Article : 187 wordsMr. Ward Price, telegraphing from Italian headquarters, states that all the British batteries were saved by great effort. The officers and men endured great hardships, being ...
Article : 72 wordsThe British forces in Palestine, after a night march, captured Beersheba on October 31. While the infantry attacked the western and south-western defences, the mounted troops ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Rome daily paper, "Popolo Romano," states that the Tagliamento battle has commenced, and is likely to continue for some-time on the Italian left. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe advance guards of General von Bulow, on the Tagliamento River, are only 40 miles from Venice. The coming battle on the banks of the Tagliamento will be a Titanic struggle, to ...
Article : 157 wordsThe Germans employed their favorite spearhead formation and battering-ram tactics, so successfully utilised on the eastern front. It is pointed out that General Cadorna frequently ...
Article : 380 wordsMr. Massey, the official correspondent with the Egyptian forces in Southern Palestine, reports that the Australian and New Zealand mounted troops were the first to enter ...
Article : 150 wordsThe Press Bureau announces that the British Prime Minister, Mr. Lloyd George, accompanied by General Smuts (unofficial member of the War Cabinet), General Sir William Robertson ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Wed 7 Nov 1917, Page 14
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