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Show ITALIAN COAST IS BOMBARDED BY AUSTRIAN FLEET Vienna, via London, Aug. 13, S:35 p. m. The following official communication communica-tion was issued today: "The naval commander reports that early Wednesday our ships bombarded bombard-ed the Italian littoral railway from Molfetta to Seno San Giorgio. At Mol-fetta Mol-fetta four factories and two railway viaducts were shattered and ono factory fac-tory sot on fire At San Splrito the station and several sev-eral depots were burned to the ground. "At Barl, the castle signal station and five factories were bombarded. One of the latter was destroyed. The whole of Barl was covered with clouds of dust and smoke and the population was panic-stricken Italian guns of medium caliber fired ineffectively on our destroyers. An attack by a hostile hos-tile submarine also failed "The railway viaduct at Seno San Giorgio was badly damaged by our fire. "Our vessels all returned undamaged. undam-aged. With exception of submarines off Bad, nothing was seen of hostile naval forces." |