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Show HUGE ITALIAN 305 MM. GUN IS USED TO BATTER DOWN FOE'S CONCRETE TRENCHES -- ' r - -n Italian 305 mm. eon in the Alps. IJ When Italy declared war ugaiust Austria and the advance 1 H "unredeemed Italy" began, the Italians found to their great s, ! prise that Austria -was i'ully prepapred and -would be able to hold 1H her territory with i minimum of men. The greatest factor in thin IJI remarkable defense, was the concrete trench a German idea. The VM Italians have found it impossible to make any impression on theso fH concrete trenches with their ordinary field ppicsccs and they are. H now" making use of their heaviest artillery, the 305 mm. guns, to bat- jH ter down these fortifications. H |