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Show ALLIES IN CONTROf OF ITALIAN ARMY CADORNA REMOVED AS COMMANDER COM-MANDER OF R0MAN8 AND GIV-EN GIV-EN PLACE ON WAT BOARD. Representatives of England, Franc J and Italy to. Have Charge of Campaign, Cam-paign, Italian Commanders Bclrigjn Charge of Field Operations; London. The rillle's have taken it directing di-recting hand In tho destinies of Italy. Cadornn Id no longer generalissimo. Threo Italian commanders hnvo been placed In 'direct cliargo of tho operations opera-tions In tho Held. 'Tlic supremo direction' direc-tion' of-tho campaign, however, has been assumed by a "war board" composed com-posed of General Cadornn, General Foch, chief of staff of tho French' ministry, min-istry, nnd General Wilson, sub-chief of tho Ilrltlsh general stuff. Tho new heads of tho Italian armies In tho Held are: First In command, General Diaz; second In commaild. General lladoglla; third In command, General Grandlno. This, momentous rearrangement, decided de-cided upon nt conferences In Homo between be-tween the premiers of Enclnnd, Franco nnd Itnly nnd somo of tho best military brains of tho threo countries, comes nt n moment where tho Venetian Vene-tian catnpalgn'ls approaching Its final crisis. Through alternating drlvlng-siB and pouring rain. Italluns lnjtfPI aro racing; for taH Pliuti VIvenTrnrru nt Inst Italy's armies aro expected to make a stand, for a further rctrcut to the Ilrenta would mean tho abandonment abandon-ment of Venice. "Our troops,"- reported Cadornn, In his last bulletin as active commander In chief, "contlnuo to nrrlvo nnd establish es-tablish themselves on tho positions which hnvo been chosen for tho re-slstnnce.'V |