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food the excellent Italian winestrane, a thick coup composed of ment, veget ables, rice, and macaroni was being brought up on mule back to the danger zone and carried thence by hand to the firing line. One gruesome sight in the IBONZO FRONT, August 13th, former No Man's Land between the first Of the ferocious fighting on the Italian positions bore witness to the character front little is understood in England of the climate. We raino upon the re If the figures of the wounded carried by magis of a human body in a kneeling the British Red Cross ambulances alone posture absolutely mummified by the beat amid the brambles, could be published, they would, perhaps, scorching open the eyes of the public. Let me thistles, wild roses, and scraggy moun select one battle scene, ons in which the tain ash which form the only vegetation crumbling of Austria is visible oven within this desolate region. While collecting out field-glassuson the birdless, water-battle souvenirs for a boy friend at home Less Carso It is certainly the turstiest discovered that during the hot hours of battlefield this side of Suez, It can only the day metals can only be handled with
difficulty, be compared to a gigantic Shap fell or Devonshire tor. It is not unlike the Arizona desert without the alkali, Aze
A strange feature of the Carso are the As another battlefield, look at the deep, ornter-like depressions called doline, Calvaria position, on the Podgora hill outside Gorizia on the west bank of the lilled with dark brown, penty earth every Isonzo river. Take the steepest wooded one of which forms a natural fort. The Austrian troops fortify them and build hillside you know, put the Austrians,piders shelters in their sides. One such deeply and cunningly entrenched, on the top; and realize that the capture of that one hill has cost Italy 15 months blood shed. The price was great, though the thousand deeds of lioror which resulted in the sudden flight of the Austrians should thrill generations of Italians yet
unborne
NATURAL FORTS.
group of shelters had been devastated by the Italian bombardment. The occupants had fled, abandoning vast quantifies of ammunition entreuching tools, whole
ses marked “explosive catridges,” piles of rockets, a rich assortment of hand grenades, lengths of water hose, rolls of wire, and other paraphernalia of this uncanny war. A pestilential odour proved that not all the inhabitants of these barbario excavations had fled. · ·Let- ters and relics also showed that ladies from Budapest had been not infrequent visitors.
These are but two of the battlefields of Italy which are barely known to the oul, side world. They deserve to be known.
These sturdy Piedmontese, Lombards, Sicilians, Neapolitans, have all fought with equnk valour Owing to the pre occupation of the world with the resor the war and the absence of newspa the Austrian defence more clearly re
In nothing is the disorganization of correspondents, the impression of the Italian forces received throughout the vealed than in the utter absence of aerial world has been that of a detemic army observation. During my whole visit to For the same reasons that at first made this trent I have not seen an Austrian the progress of the British Army slow, aeroplane or observation balloon. Thu Italy is only now begining to put forth | Italian captivè balloons float serenely in someting ke her real strength. Sht the still air, directing the fire of their has much strength in reserve A most own batteries, but the Austrians appear distinguished Italian officer remarked- to be firing blindly The Italian heavy What we have done now has been good, batteries are consequently able to do their Their shells useful work which we could have done a deadly work undisturbed year ago had we had guns and ammuni- search position after position, bursting: with marvellous accuracy on selected WOBLOCK HEWN DEFENCES,
points miles ahead, and crowning every ridge with dark clouds of smoke.
KNĚMY B SAVAGE VENGEANCE.
Yet there should be no mistake about, the sirength of the Austrian defensivo organizations. They are not of the same
The enemy's bitterness of soul may s nature as those of the Germans, because the ferruin here is entirely different. judged by his behaviour. At Doberdo For example, to make an impression on Russian prisoners of war, who had been the rocky soil of the Carso pneumatic brought like so many of their comrades drills and dynamite were essential. The to make roads for the Austrians, were Austrian front line has been blasted nad found hanged possibly as revenge for. drilled out of the limestone rock with the escape of other Russina prisoners who machinery similar to that used in making pluckily swam the Isonzo the other day. the St. Gothard and Simplon tunnels and reached the Italian lines after hid- The snipers lookouts are armoured withing for four nights among the rocks. iron plates an inch thick cemented into Italian wounded were found mutilated. the rock The making of dug outs must have required the labour by night and day with drill and dynamite of hordes of Croats, Magyars, Slovaks, Swabians, Romance and other races of the Austro
ungarian Monarchy.
1 went out to ce 12,000 of these stous fellows just captured in this offensives They reminded mis exactly of the rau lusty labourers who used to land from emigrant ships at Quebec before the war and were drafted out to make the great transcontinental railways of Canada Many of them have spent more tine in Americna railroad building and speak English. Their officers are very good imitations of the closely shorn, square headed, heel clicking Prussians in long grey cloaks. Though not Prussians they fight well
have seen the terrible spiked maces habitually used by the Austrians to break the skulls of the wounded. Equally bar barots are the thongs with leaden balls attached to sticks, which the Austrians
to coerce Inggards. A specimen of these thongs found on Friday on shown tu me by an Italian commander of high rank.
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The Austriaus are inspired by fierce hatred of the Italiane, and their Brutal conduct may well engender, the fury of Italian comrades of victims of such fero N.B.-The Investment may be any multiple of 15s. 6d. up to £387 10s. city. But it is very difficult to aronSS lasting resentment in the Italian sold tim. You're filthy dog, said one- of them yesterday to a thirsty prisoner.
Here, have a pull at my waterbottle."
Owing to the fact that so many Italian The Austrians. have had unlimited an- munition, tons of which have been left and Austrian soldiers have worked in the behind on the battlefields. On the Carso United States and Canads it often their lines had been supplied with water happens that English is the only language pumped up from various points by oil in which they can mutually converse. engines. Food has been abundant--four Yesterday 1 saw a small band of pris square meals daily. They look shabby-oners heing brought in by Bersaglieri, all prisoners look shahhy but they have who answered my remarks upon the stout- invariably excellent boots, characteristic physical appearance of the prisoners by of the Hus and his dupes.
saying in good New York dialect, They FRATTLE DISE GOING BÅST.
can holler all right, Mister," at which Viewed from the mountain vantage the prisoners grinned with evident under- points the 30-mile battle is beautiful standing.
and grandiose scene. The battle line now On finding, through prisoners, that the runs far beyond Gorizia a town resembl-news of the Franco-British successes on ing Homburg or Baden Badenhich, the Somme and the sweeping Russian ad when you get into it, is seen to be domi-vance had been kept from the Austrian nated by a fine Schloss which the retreat rank and file, and that newspapers had ing Austrians shell fitfully with pluk and long been withheld from the men in the white shrapnel. On the hillsides great Austrian trenches, General Cadorna, with shells are bursting and here and there a his customary shrewd alertness, had
tall burning copse or village sends column of smoke into the limpid air millions of little news sheets dropped
from aeroplanes emong the The sound of guns firing from concealed news sheets are printed in all the positions reverberates from hill to hill n principal languages of the Hapsburg either side of the Isonozo valley, while Monarchy. On the other hand; General great ehells which the Italian soldiers call Cadrons causes all good Italian or Allied tramcars whizz through the sunshine news to be telephoned along the whole like enormous invisible rockets
Italian front line, and, following the German example, he encourages the cir tulation of newspapers among the troops,
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The whole line of battle is visibly mov ing forwards. The Italian projectiles hourly burat a little farther eastwards.
NEED OF PUBLICITY. The enemy is not running, but is clearly retreating with some speed. The capture Unfortunately the Italian public, while of Oppacchiasella and Hill 121 on the understanding the immense value of our Carso tells its own tale, and though Fleet, has no idea of the superb British strong positions like Monte Santo and military organization or of the vast as San Gabrielo still resist to the north somblage of British and Dominions troops. ward, the Italian advance steady in France. I ara repeatedly asked if we also is the inflow of prisoners. Two thou have yet our Army, and while grest 43-13 and more were brought in yesterday. publicity is given to France and Russie, Where will the retreat end? Opinions I find the impression general among differ, but the matter is emphatically not one for public dicussion
educated classes here that our part in the war is practically confined to slow pro It is difficult for me to express my gresa due to inadequate supply of trained feelings about what we have seen to day officers. Beyond Sir Douglas Haig's said a distinguished young officer who official communiques and occasional sec- accompanied us and who was the first to ond-hand accounts by Italian-correspond enter Oppacchiasella on Friday." Italy ents in London, nothing is known here needs the self-confidence that comes of outside high military and Royal quarters military achievement. Now she has it. of the magnificent work done by our new It will broaden her shoulders and steady Armies and those of the Dominions at her national life in every way. When 1 Fricourt, Pazieres, and Longueval In Think of the transformation these months the highest Royal and military quarters of war have wrought in me who am 30,interest, confidence, and admiration are how much greater must it be in all our warmly expressed, but unluckily Italian young soldiers of 19 and 201 A Parliamentary and business circles and Italy has, indeed, done herself credit the bulk of the Army know nothing of that is, justice. I have described the the meaning of our successes and sacri- Austrian defences, The Italian are no fices in the Somme offensive. Their eyes Jess perfect. Line after line of strongly aze concentrated on Verdun and built works, league upon league of splen- Russian front, did roads, motor tranport service, food and water supply, all reveal her powers of organization,
the
Yet the importance of thorough mutual comprehension here is manifest. The Isonzo is, so to speak, the western Balkan We toiled yesterday under a burning front, Blows struck here are felt in sun along miles of the rugged Carso the Sofa as well as in Vienna, and should harsh German Dame Karst secuns apter encourage the Allies at Salonika as well for this inhospitable, rock-strewn plateau, as in Galicia Co-ordination of Allied where lizards alone fuid life bearable public opinion may be as important as past where last week had been the Italian co-ordination of military effort. It is and Austrian first line positions. In one essential to complete victory that each of night the Italian engineers had hammered the Allies should feel towards the others and hewn across the bare limestone a the trust and admiration which they all tolerable road which to-morrow will be merit and which knowledge alons can amooth enough for motor vehicles, Warm engender and maintain. The T'imes.
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