Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-03 | Page 8 | Fighting in the Cliff of Death

00 FIGHTING IN THE CLIFF OF DEATH London, Nov. 2 An account given by a wounded Hungarian officer of the fighting around Krn, quoted by the Morning Post's Budapest correspondent, corre-spondent, says: Day and night saw most desperate hand-to-hand encounters in this plateau, pla-teau, called the "cliff of death" by the men, Austrians and Italians alike. The positions are 7000 feet high on the summits of tho mountains, fai aboyo the clouds. 5 Our men do not much mind the , fft heights, but the climate Is not to t their taste. By day the heat ia op- ', gjj pressive, by night tho cold unbear- & able. They aro supplied with heavy ' j g$ fur coats and blankets, yet they freeze j5 all nighL The men are relieved more J often from these trenches than on oth- j5 er fronts, owing to the immense cold. They simply tremble when the eve- 21 ning approaches. This is the only sector where tho ' M enemy attacks mostly by day, and 5- where every attack ends witlwbayo- 1 & net fighting. The nights are not 1 jiS adapted for fighting, the men's hands jg being stiff from cold, and they never T Fj think of anything but warmth. i There is a tacit understanding'be- ' jp tween tho two opponents to leave ' S each other alone at night on the Krn jyj plateau. The Italian troops all con- W gist here of Alpini regiments, the best , Wj troops to face the "cliff of death." ' SjQ Although we are so near to each & other, there is no fraternizing, as was j fS often the case on the Russian front. j f3; Our men sincerely hate their onemy. ' gfc When they slorm our positions, shout- jZ ing, "Avanti!" our men call out to iJH them, "Avnnti, briganti!" nn lOI