Sunday, January 5, 1918.
DAILY AKDMORE1TE
PAGE
THREE
fSTDRY OF IK GREAT INVASION OF
W BK TIE TEUTONIC THOUSANDS
(Correspondence of the Associated Prees)
Headquarters of the Italian Army,
Northern Italy. Gorizia in a symbol.
"On to Gorlzia," was the cry of the
Duke of Aostu'! soldiers as thoy pressed
through the little town of l.ueinico
a few months hko, flphtins their way
down to ttie lsonzo -ilver, then arro.a
the western bi'icliie leadiiiK to the city,
when the cry changed to "(.Jorizia at
last'."
Then this was reversed late In Octo
ber, when the overwhelming invading
force of Anstro Herman took up this
same cry, "On to Coilzin," proving
down from the north, nrro.s.-i the north
ern bridge to tlie city, and ending with
"Uorizla at Inst!"
Thus (iorizia has become a symbol
of the liline cluing" wlilrli has occunvd
within tile last ten da;-. It v.us one
of the farthest points forward on the
Italian line, the contei- of a vast arc of
flehtinx front Kti.-toliinn from l'lezzo.
fair in tlie north, liuwti to the Adriatic
at Montcfulcone, uiul it was the most
populous and Important i-ity in the j;reut
crescent of territory which the Italian
army hag sliced o!f .soiithwfstci n Aus
tria some hundred suture milts in
all. And so (Iorizia was .symbolic of
that entire region ivltioh has twice
cliatiKed hands in this war, and of tic
farthest advance in the lirst Italian
campaigns.
I visited (Iorizia just nine days at,'11
and saw the city on the eve of its
ony. It was the last visit made there
by anyone outside the military b-forc
the retreat bcvtiin. The rear of tlo
Ureal Aiistro-Onnun offensive already
had commenced, though for the moment
it was taken for a spasmodic revival of
the cannonS'ln which has been koiiik
on for weeks. Within "4 hours the
enemy had crossed the lsonzo fifteen
miles farther north, turned the Italian
left wltiKi beaten back the second army
under General Capello, threatened to
envelop the third army under the Duke
of Aosla, brother of the king of Italy,
and put In execution that ifipantio
hammer-stroke by which tiny bopc.il to
finish Italy and cripple the whole en
tente. Provision tlie Army At Niahf.
Tha visit was made by invitation of
the supremq command with a staff ed
itor from headquarters as escort. As
we sped along tho road in tho bic, army
auto I noted there were no troops alonn
the road and bordering fields as one
.sees approaching Verdun or in the
Somme or Flanders. This absence, of
troops In the rear was part of tin- sys
tem adopted, it wi.s explained, All the
re-provisionim? of the army was done at
nisht, and the roads were left clear by
day most of the time.
Ten miles out we crossed the Italian
Austrian frontier and entered Austria.
The frontier was marked by an empty
river, as the mountain current had run
dry. There were scrub trees along the
banks, and our escort noted the strange
fact that bears were quite numerous
in these parts and hack to the Julian
Alps. Near the frontier bridge, was a
party of soldiers going1 home for two
weeks' leave; they looked very hapvy
and quite unconscious of the escape
they were making from the crash to
occur a few hours later.
At Cormons, an Austrian village on
the road, the amis above the shops j
were all in Italian, showing the Italians I
were right in tlie claim that all this 1
section was racially Italian. At this
town, too, was u statue of the Arch
duke Maximilian which had just passed
through a queer experience. Some Ital
ians soldiers passing through the town
bad seen the statue, and not being fa
miliar with Maximilian they had taken
it for the great Genoese navigatur,
Christopher Columbus. With true Ital
ian fervor they had decorated tbe
statue, and there stuod Maximilian with
garlands about bis iieLk placed there
by Italian soldiers.
The cannonade Ixan to be heard for
the first time ten utiles west of (Iorizia
- -a low rumble to the north and east
with now and (lieu tlie muffled boom
of a great gun. I lay by day the lire
iwas netting heavier, saiil our escort,
who knew the ground; ami he added
that the enemy forces had be.-n in
creased front 1.0 battalions to 3:tu bat
talions.
Where Itloody I'igliting Occurred.
As we passed through the town of
I.ticinico, a far-out suburb of (Jorizia,
It was seen to be half destroyed. Along
the main streft ran rows of battered
buildings, with walls half down and
shell boles making u;;ly gashes. Hut
business was going on, men were at
the cates, and women and gills strolled make only a scattered showing In the
the streets unconcernedly, Now the all- wide main street fringed on either side
lomobile turned up the steep aide of with Us shell torn trout-. It was rain
1'ailgera hill, one of the outer defenses ing hard and this added to the lugii
of ( Iorizia, where bloody b.ind-to hand : linoii-i spectacle.
lightiio.; occiii red. (ue could see the old Famous Jesuit rMublislinient.
trench a, id wire ostein, now grass- (1 , rai..,,. wrolIl., jy
grown. All tins hill had been swept the main facts were cabled on the Uav
bare by shell lire, but nature had kindly , ie visK- l!ut ,,.,. u, ,, ud,l-
obliterated the scars and the hillside lU.,.lis Ul.h , ,;in(, R1W ,.,,
was again smiling with its veidine. The , ,;,,n,:Ll s,.Jlllis mlt s(, sv.nbolicallv. Kti-
sound ot bring had now Increased to an i tf.,.-WK ,.itv wf. ,,;ls..ed U)(. ,,,
otiiinoiis roar a.- we passed I'adgera i establishmeiit where Cut) emi-
1. ; o
! nariuns were located, (.me corner was
Turning the corner of a shattered i knocked off, the cornices were hanging
wall, we saw the lsonzo river lvinar I ami several ,ir lmles told w here the I eating
ahead, and on the further side (Jorizia shells had found a mark. The main'
rising in terraces with the huge but- i contour of the street was pre
llements of the citadel towering on the I tho buildings were intact a
right. The river looked about the width but every second or third had been hit,
ol the I'otomac at Washington, but with 1 some collapsing entinly, others with
their front wall gone and their upper
looms with household goods showing
from the street. Hut there was no vast
area of completely leveled dchris as at
Verdun or .Monastlr. The outlines of
a city were still there, but it was a city
sieved by bombardment.
Or.e modest dwelling stood out as we
hurried alonL'. not by its ruin but by
its cheer in the midst of this desola
tion. There were simple lace curtains
In the windows, from one of which a
pretty little Italian girl was looking
down on her garden. She was quite
unconscious of the shell lire all about
and (ailed down to hep companion be
low. Some of the big buildings had
their walls shored up with long timbers
to keep them from toppling over. At
the theater In the center of the city the
billboards showed t'-.n remnants of the
last performance, months ago, when a
company of Viennese- players appeared
In comedy. Now there were firemen
standing in the theater lobby, the tire
engine was on tlie orchestra lloor, and
the engiiiH horses had the green rooms.
There was no use looking for a hotel,
for there were no guests now, and be
sides, all the hotels had been wiped
out. The main hotel, a handsome struc
ture on the main corner, was
ishod hy the explosion of two IJ-ltich
shells, which landed squarely Inside.
The loss of life must have been great,
with its parks and avenues, and the
Italian Hag flying above It.
Wrecks of Urines.
The lsonzo river was crossed by the
wooden budge which Italian engineers
built after all the old bridges had been
blown up. On one side lay the wreck
of a big pontoon. It was on pontoon
bridges that the Italians entered the
city, and this wreck was one of the
remnants of that crossing. The bin
railroad bridge was lying in a wreck
from artillery lire. Farther on wan
the massive stone bridge with one of
its main arches blown to pieces. Near
these bridges lie a number of Important
paper mills, where paper is made tor
government notes. All these mills were
masses of ruins with a few tall chim
neys still standing among the debris.
llorlzia itself was under the rain of
terrific bombardment, for tlie full force
of the gnat offensive was now only a
few hours off. The cannonade ran the
whole range of violence, from the deep
bass rumble of monster guns up to the
staccato rattle of machine guns which
sounded like strings of big firecrackers
In a barrel. A crash of falling walls
could be heard every now and then us
one of the big missiles 'arrived" the
familiar term used by those who live
with this shell tire.
And yet with the imminent danger,
many people still clung to their homes
and belongings with that same tenacity
which makes the Vesuvian peasants
cling to the mountainside when the vol
cano is raging and threatening to bury
them, but most of these people on
the streets are the poor who could not
get away, and the small shopkeepers
who cannot afford t.i abandon their
goods. The big Mores are all closed,
and the place has the air of a deserted about u enter the post, but others
city, with only a few stragglers bring- wished to push on to the very front of
big up the rear. Nil izia had I'.U.UOl) j the wall, and this view prevailed. It
people, but only tj.000 lire left, and these i was a most fortunate decision, as we
through ibis day after dav tor months
They felt the biows tomi.:::.
tin the corner there were two women
of the werking class tabling together
Under an umbrella, lor u v. as i.i.:.i,:;
Wrd. Their indiflerencc to the shell
Ink seemed strange. ai..l I stopped to
ask them if the bombardment did not
deuiol-, frighten them and keep them awake
at night.
They were puzzled for a moment, a
thoiigh not comprchi n ling such au in
and the material destruction was com- . quiry. And then i
plete, not a vestige of the building re- sliotilders.
maining, except heaps of debris. The J "We ure used to it." they
cathedral nearby bad also received a used to frighten us at first
shell through the roof Just over the ! children still crj at in.jht.
altar. All the Ftuined glass windows
were shattered and the bits lay on the
ground. Looking through one of these
empty windows we could see the
wrecked altar with its railings twisted
and Its marble sides blasted into frag
ments. The visit to the citadel was the event
of the clay. This is a huge pile with
old-time moat and battlements, with a
great tower doininat ing the whole coun
try for miles around. Here we were to
view Mt. Cubiiel. Ml. Michel, the P-ian-siz'.u
pluteatl and the whole range of
ground which had passed through this
upheaval. It was uphill to the citadel,
l 'vei ) thing showed the havoc of long
continued life. In one great court there
was a pretty little chapel which had
come through the ordeal untouched,
though all around was a wreck.
Commanding View Ahead.
Once up the battlements a command
ing view was aload. There was one
point of vantage where this view was
particiilai Iv good, know n as the ob
servation post. We halted a moment,
shrugged their
said. "It
and the
Hill what
caii we do."
These were typical lowns-woiueii, who
bad gotten habituated to the daugei
and dc-truclioii ail mound them, ai.o
were now stopping on the siivol corner
111 the ram to exchange the latest gos
sip. One of the women had the lea
tines of an Austrian and she smiled as
she heard the rumble of the Austrian
guns and looked off toward the enemy
lines so near.
Within three hours when we got
back to headquarters, the full force of
the blow had been struck, and the great
A ustro (lerina n offensive
was in lull operation.
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The Big Night
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soon uficr had reason to know.
On tbe batl'ements a .splendid view
stietihed out for miles over this battle
ground i f mountains, valleys and plains,
with the city houses clustered below
and the roads winding oil' through the
valleys and foothills. There in front
was Mount SI. (labriel. this side held
by the Italians and the ilher l. the
I Anstriat.s.
: "There runs the dividing line," said j
j (lie escort, pointing lo a line of trees ,
land ilepre'-sioiiti near the summit. I
J be Italian trenches could be p
.-ecu. Hut there was no need of
I'lie Wise Precaution of a Stuart's lly
pepsia Table! After the Italiqilel
llrings rieavuil .Memories With
the .Morniiig Col fee.
swifter current from the mountain feed
t ts. Along the cilye of the river ran
rows of shell-town walls with gaping
windows. This whole water front ha.l
been torn to pieces, mi l yet many of
the demolished remnants of the huild
iugs were occupied, and work along the
river wharves was proceeding'.
To the left, as we approached the
river, stood nut (lie palatial casllo of
Count Coroniui of Vienna, the close
personal friend of Kinperor Francis Jo
seph up to his death, and the master
of ceremonies of th: imperial household.
In this castle had died King- Charles
and his body still reposes In the
nearby convent of St. Caterina. Ono of
the lions of St. Mark, which had capped
tho entrance to the castle, was takn
down hy the Austrian before they quit
fJorizla and is nowr In the city museum.
It was an ImpreBsivo Right, to see the
Ana old ca6tle through a vista of trees,
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dn iding line, l'vr the bursts of I
smoke along one side of the summit, i
en e,l and I a,ul answering nursts lrom the
a whole. ot'"M' s'de. told whi tu the line was. Off
10 ine icu was .Mount m. .uetiel, once
swept clean by shell lire but now green
again. .est'l in a hollow was the '
convent of St. Catarina. The l'.ian- ;
si.7.a plateau was off to the left, and
through the mist were the dim outlines
of snow-topped Mount Nero, that out
jiost of the Italian advance.
As iv stood surveying this scene
there was the steady rumble of guns,
with the crack of fUi k-(lrers, nnil tl,e;j
the long "whiz" of ever-passing shells,
lint there was one "whiz" which in- '
tantly engaged every attention. We
could hear Its ceining and It was not for
going over, nor under, nor at either
side, Kveryunc instinctively recoiled, ;
and then 1
Crash:
Kive of us went down in a bean.
stunned as with h haiunjec blow. There
was a great enveloping noise, with the
smash anil oracle of walls, the flying
of fragments, and then tho, heave of
ions or earth, mortar and masonry !
ploughed up by the liui missile. I
.lust fifteen I'eet Away. ,
It had struck that observation post , j
Just lifteeu feet away, which we were
about to enter. There was no more j
observation post; it was swept clean.
Cut fortunately the shell had gone
struiKhl through, battering down mas
sive walls and digging a deep trench!
in the earth where it had exploded un
derground, throwing up great geyiierH.
But while, the eaith and stones flew
like hail, the underground explosion
had held the shell fiagiir?nts. .Stunned
as we Were, the Inst impulse was of
self-preseiAa'.lnh, A hasty glance
showed no one was seriously injured,
though the trickle of b' hI on the light
temple of one of the party told that u
flying stone had found a mark.
"They have this range," said the es
cort, as we struggled to our feet, "ar.d
one shot means that another will fol
low." There was a hasty scramble from the
battlement, over the tons of debris
thrown up, which. now completely
blocked the three-foot, path skirting
the wall. Will Irwin, of New York,
had been nearest the shell when it
struck and was not only half covered
by the upheaval but the flying clay
came with such force that it fastened
to his slormcoat as though put on by
a mason's trowel. The man with the
blood on his temple was taken to u
nearby military hospital, located In the
citadel, where the trilling cut was
dressed by the surgeons as a matter of
precaution against infection.
This shell had suddenly brought to
a close our observation of the battle-
front with all its tragedy and majestic
beauty. Hut worst of all it put an
end to all visits to Corizia, fur the of
ficer said no further chances of this
kind could be taken, and on his recom
mendation tbe general staff that night
ordered a discontinuance of all visits.
It was just as well, for now the great
offensive of the enemy burst unexpect
edly, and with it came the retreat front
the Uorizia line. Fortunately, or un
fortunately, 1 had seen it at the last mo
ment when the tide was turning.
At the cafe where we went for lunch
the officer from loadinnirters laid out
the big military map on the table, and
explained the military situation. It was
this: The enemy was bringing great
masses of men to the north of the Hian
sizza plateau. I lis design was evident.
The Italians by their last advance had
swung a ring which was threatening
Trieste. To save Trieste the enemy
must force the Italians back to the
lsonzo river, as another Italian offert
slv would clear tho Carso ranee ami
Kive the Italians the mastery of Trieste.
To the enemy, the time had come when
he must act In fore the Italians played
their tlnal card and held the Jewel of
the Adriatic.
Keeling of Oppression,
As we pored over the map the In
creasing rour of the artillery told that
the enemy was losing no time In Ids
part of the military game. The pro
prietor of the cafe was an intelligent
old man, and I asked hirn If the fire
we beard was the same as usual. He
hook his head and said: "No, It Is
very much heavier, and It seems as
though something was going to hap
pen." This was the Instinctive feellna
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PICTURE a concert hall crowded with
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