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Show GQRIZIA IS SAID ' TO HAVE FALLEN Milan, Nov. 25 Reports have just been received that Gorlzia has been taken by the Italians after a cam- palgn ot more than four months, dur- .1 ing which trench after trench and hill m- after hill had to be captured and nu- m merous powerful batteries, protected W by strong natural and artificial de- fenses, had to be demolished. a? The taking of Gorizla is one of tho glories of the Italian army, as it wa3 considered" by the Austrians as one of ; their most formidable positions. I Tho importance of the place is de- rived mainly from Its military posi- tion as key to the Austrian defenses north of the Carso plateau. The last offensive against this point, which was besieged practically '. since tho beginning of the campaign, ; J was inaugurated at the end of Septcm- i: j ber and had continued ever sluce. l i The fall of Gorlzia became immi- i- ! nent on November 23, when the Ital- . j ians took the Padgora heights, known to the Italian soldiers as Mount Cal- ; vary and to the military strategists j as the key to the Austrian strong- I hold. J The Padgora heights are on the Isouzo river, on the other side of f which lies Gorizia, less than two miles ? away. Hilaire Belloc, in describing ! Padgora and Gorizia, said: !' "They desire to seize the spur ot Padgora, because with this in their t hands they can command Gorizia. s "They also desire to press forward "' across the Carso plateau until they ,( have penned the Austrian troops of Gorizia up against the mountains and J cut them off from all supply." h The losses of the Austrians and A Italians in the Gorizia campaign cau be numbered by the Hundreds of thou- ( sands, by the expenditure of millions jf of shells, and by one of the most . stupendous artillery movements ever ' made. r |
