New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-28
AUSTRIANS RUSH
THEIR RETREAT
FROM GORILLA
Work of Evacuation or
IsOnzo Fortress Hurried,
Larbach Reports.
FALL OF PODGORA
QUESTION OF HOURS
Defenders Guarding Road to
Trieste at DOberdO Unable to
Hold Their Position.

London. July q. The Austrians are
Fastening the evacuation Of Gorlzia.
on the Tsonzo River, the scene Of weeks
of desperate fighting, according to a
dispatch from Laibach. Austria. rail-
road centre not far east of the war
zone. The Geneva Tribune" which
publishes the announcement, also says
that the fall of Podgora, an outpost OF
Gorilla. directly west of the larger
city, is question only Of hours.
The Laibach message to the "Trlb-
une de Geneve" continues:
"All the trains from Gorilla have
been reserved for the troops. and am
muntion and food supplies will be re-
moved later. The workmen have been
ordered to cease Strengthening the
Notifications. Every measure has been
taken for a great retreat.
Pressed Back at Doberdo.
"At Doberdo the Austrian troops
guarding the route to Trieste have been
unable to hold their positions.
ION the Carso Plateau, with the ex-
ception of few trenches, the Italians
have captured the entire plateau, the
Austrians losing 1000 men in two days
here.
THE great Italian offensive on the
banks of the Isonzo is daily progress
ing favorably."
The battles along the Isonzo River
are described by the correspondent in
the Tyro of the Berlin "Lokal-
anzeiger" as the "mightiest and most
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The great struggle has lasted a
week, the correspondent says. without
any decision having been reached. The
principal Italian onslaught has been
directed against the Doberdo Plateau,
where the artillery fire exceeds in in
tensity that Of the battles at Tarnow
and Gorice. in Galicia.
The Vienna version OF the lsonzo
fighting differs considerably from the
reports from Switzerland and Italy. as
is seen in the following communication
issued tonight by the Austrian War
Office:
"Under cover of massed artillery
fire. which began early yesterday. the
Italians again attacked the plateau Of
Doberdo with larg, forces. The at
tack failed. with heavier losses than
before. After fierce hand-tO-hand
fighting our troops again remained in
full possession of their old positions
on the border of the plateau"
Word was received to-day of the
death at the Isonzo front of the Italian
General Antonio Cantore. He is the
first officer of that rank lost by Italy.
lie won generals commission by the
heroism he displayed during operations
in Tripoli
General Cantore had charge of ac-
tions which resulted in the occupation
of Ala and other villages near Ro-
vereto in TrentinO Armed only with
riding whip, he directed his men
from the most exposed positions. de-
claring he would be ashamed to run
less risk than his soldiers.
Attack BY Air and Sea.
About a dozen bombs were dropped
to-day on the city of Verona, sixty
seven miles west of Venice, by an Aus
trian aeroplane. There were no VIC
tins of the air attack. and the damage
done TO property was insignificant
According to a dispatch from Rome
Austrian light cruisers and four tor
pedo boat destroyers at dawn to-day
bombarded several points on the rail-
road which runs along the shore of the
Adriatic between Senigallia. sixteen
miles west-nOrthwest of Ancona. and
Pesaro. At the same time several
shells were thrown into the villages of
Fano and Senigallia.
At the same hour two hydro aero
planes dropped bombs on Ancona.
Neither bombardment killed or wounded
any one, and the damage inflicted was
slight