Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-07-16 | Page 1 | Italians Fortify Positions Taken from Austrians

Italians Fortify Positions Taken From Austrians Frontier Transformed Into IntoE E Entrenched trenched Camps With Immense Immen e Supplies VERONA via Paris July 16 The Italians are strongly fortifying fortifying fortifying fortify fortify- ing all positions captured from tho the Austrians Austrian Trenches are be beIng being being be- be ing excavated and platforms constructed constructed constructed con con- on which to mount heavy guns Man Many places along alongI I the frontier have ha been transformed transformed trans trans- formed into camp camps strongly garrisoned and with immense immense im ira- mense supplies of ot munitions Terrific storms continued In inthe tho the high mountain ln region Violent Violent Vio yb lent winds hall hail and even snow are delaying military operations hut but ut the troops troop are engaged In fortifying dominant points Tho The British blockading fleet off Gibraltar was reported to have been I warned of the approach of the U 51 but failed tailed to catch the underwater crat y which went irom Gibraltar Gibraltar- to the Dardanelles whore sho she did much to prevent pre the allies allies' warships f from om operating co-operating oper Ung with the land forces on the peninsula Later the U U 51 51 passed through the sea of ot Marmora and reported to the German commander at Constantinople Constantino Constantino- pie If It the report of ot her destruction destruction tion in the Black sea is true she evidently went from the Turkish capital through tho the probably ably to operate against the Russian Black sea fleet