7 AUGUST 1915, Page 2

On the Isonzo the Italians continue to press on, and

the desperate Austrian efforts to regain the lost ground in the Cars° plateau have all proved failures. It is quite possible that we may hear of the faIl of Gorizia in a week or so. But if Gorizia is carried, General Cadorna's troops should find comparatively little difficulty in clearing the road to Trieste.