Show I 1 GO filIZ TORN TO PIECES IN I 1 LAST GERMAN DRIVE correspondent sees shell bat city just before the italians retreated PAINTS PICTURE OF RUIN newspaper men have narrow E escape ape as a they watch Is artillery battle outlines of city still there but it 1 la acety a city sieved by bombardment of f the italian arm northern italy G goeltz aalt I 1 la a symbol 0 on to get gorily was the cry of 0 the duke of adem aosta a S soldiers eold lerg as they pressed Ila rough tile hie little town low of lu lit a few months ago 91 their way may down w to the isonzo isonio river also thou then arso across t the he to abridge bridge beadi leading to in the ill city when mom the it cry y changed to go itz at last I 1 r I 1 then the Ps his was released re creed when tile the las overwhelming g invading illg force fare ot of alls tro pro G germans ramme took look up this same erv on to ginitz Goi itz pressing down dova f from a 1 the mat coith across the northern bridge to the he III adli and ad coding alib gorit carl at last isar i thus gonta has become a symbol of t the ebule huge change which much has occurred it was one ot of the furthest points for ward on the italian ion hue the center tot arast a va vast are arc of fighting front stretching 1 from far in tile the north down to the adriatic at monte fill cone and it was the most populous rod and important import int if alti ti in itie file pipat cause crecent cout of terril wv nelch tile the italian rimy nimy had sliced off southwestern aultna some six hun bull I 1 dred square milea mile 1 in nil 11 and so go I 1 rita lits we was simbol nl lc of that entire region raich his has rates changed bonds I 1 in this war and of the furthest furt hent advance in the 11 first italian n campaigns I 1 went I 1 I 1 to g goril gorili i and saw the city a on the eve of its agony it was 1 I the last tap made do thoin by anyone outside the mili milita tair iv before bedfor e tile the retreat began the roar real of tile the gleat gibat austao german of offensive fors 1 ionly bad commenced though tor for the die moment it me was like aiken ter for a of ahe cannon ad ade which hod had been going on fo for weeks reeks within twenty lity four hours the ornal had bad tile isonzo isonio 15 1 miles author moth th turned the it atilian ilia I 1 left wing beaten buck back tile the sigund army under glacial capello capella threat threatened cred to envelop the third a aima I 1 under the ilia duke duhe of an aos to ta brother of tile the king of ila itala and put in execution that gigantic hammer stroke by aib they ald to hands anly italy and ad ill ale tin tile whole hads I 1 entente tta roads road left clear my till 1 was I by invitation of the supreme command rod with mith stuff start edi tor los train from headquarters as escort A As ate I 1 sped long along ties the road I 1 in the big army r y automobile I 1 noted 1 there her were no an troops along the road mid and br bordering deall fields as aa one sees SPIN approaching act g deidun 1 I ill n or in the somme or I 1 models lan cleis this bs at ab sence of troops in the rear m was a pait or of P ilia he st adopted it was explained e ab oil all the reprove of the arms 1 me was tons done at night and the roads were ra left aci dara da clear bry by day most ot 11 ill the time j ten ian odle miles out at we crossed r it the Is it ital in lan austion Au frontier and enter entered an aus tria at Co cormons an Au Auit iian village a on the road mod the signs go bull aboe I 1 the 0 shops shop liam were all in italian them showing ig the ital 11 um inns were more r right ig ht in the claim that all this section was racially me Y italian I 1 lot till the cannonade Is I 1 began go to aft a heard heard tor ter the fl first I 1 time too ten I 1 miles t of fao I 1 ritz rits a low rumble to tile the north and ad east with I 1 now am a and then the un be boom of a git gibat 9 gun day by day the rise bra was getting heavier beavin id our or es and cort who he I 1 new the gre ground by hoalt and d he ad dad led that the efimy my far forces h had a d been increased from battalin to a battalions battu lions A As we passed through th the lown loan of I 1 it elmee a far carout out robot suburb b of barll it 11 was seen been to be halt half des destroyed troIed along the main street rau ran rom rowa of battered buildings with vails halt half dm down and antl shell holes making g ugly g ba but it babue business was go boltie in ng on no mca here nt it the cates cafes and women mon and gills strolled tile the treat street fmc amal now nov the au a tor to mobile riddle turned up G alie mp aid side of hill one of at tile the biter ter defenses defeat ol if doniat abr bloody he diehard occurred it on one could 1 sie I tile the old trench and wire eftim raw now gras rl groah grown tills this hill had b been swept bare by shell fire but nature 11 had kind nd ly obliterated the nurs slid and the hillside was ai ballog with mills I 1 its t verdure it la lesial re the sound of firing laid had now w increased sial to so an enormous enoi rr r r aa a we a passed ad gern hill turning the corner of it shattered shat wall all we so saw the lz l z river alving sliced ahead and a on ill the further side goritz giulia rising in tei lomes races with afta tile the h hue hu e batlle butte menti of the chade tomail toweling ti on am I 1 the I 1 ire hie river ir looked about the width edth of tile the potomac nt it siduan A but w hill BW am after current fill ti om ill ahe mountain n f deiders ade rs along the nibe de of tile the river to rail rows of hill total torn with gap ng windows ahls all whole 1 wn me ter f front rout had been torn ter to pieces and yet conoy of the demolished r remnants is of the III buildings wire blimp occupied 1 ed mul and work along the river wharves wai I 1 pro citing old bridges replaced the I 1 onto river was crosstie cros stil by the h woodin bridge which ball Ili iliin in bengt built alter ter nil 11 the ile old bridges laid had issa been blown up 0 on one side lav the wreck 1 of abig a big pontoon area it was 7 on pontoon bridle bridal that th the It bull alluna entered re the city ahls vall was a one of the of that cal crossing slog the big railroad bridge me was lying 1119 1 in a nv wreck k fr brinn artillery fire furher farber on an was 1 the massive stone bridge with one of I 1 its is main 1 I niches blown blame to pieces near these bridges lie several important pa per mills bhele paper Is 13 made for gov gas notes ote all these mills were cmara masses of culah with I a few tell lull chun eye till standing among as the debits borits itself was s under the rain of at bombardment for far the full fall force fares of the great orfeas te waa raw now only a few hours oft off and yet with the inand imminent arit dial danger ri many ny per persons asit aall long clung to thair be homes ind ad belongings with that B tenacity loosely which milich makes make tile the A vi peasants cling to the magnate mountainside inside when tile the vol at cano Is raging and lit loading to holy bury them but most of these people on an the streets street are the poor who not get away I 1 y and ad the small mall shopkeepers who mho cannot nut afford to abandon abando their goods good I 1 he IN bg ig stores are all clo closed still an and of the P place be has so an air 1 of a deterred deserted city I 1 ty with only a few stragglers gleis bring 1 ing 19 9 up the rear grita had bad people but only are left and these make only a scattered sli showing maill 1 in the he vide street fringed oo an ve lu either side with mills its shell torn tare fronts it we ana raining mining hard mod and this added to tile the b spectacle I 1 fatt battering ering the city we me passed the ex tell jesuit establishment where ahm GW goo seminarians 11 aie located 0 one US 0 coiner o I 1 was as knocked off tile the cornicks cornices cor wm nices cs were e hanging and ad several big holes boost told he a the all ila had found a marl mark the am biln in contour of the street me was preserved and ad the buildings were mire I 1 lu tact met as 19 a U bhole hole but ever every a second ad or third had bee been lit hit some collapsing I 1 en nith P tirry others with their fiant 1 ant wall ll 11 gone ge and their upper ith ban housa hold held goods good showing from the treat street but there was as no vast area of at corn PI plemely LILY leveled debris as at verdun verdu a or t Mole astir tile the outlines matille of a city were till still tilde thil but it was met n city sieved by I 1 bombardment tri trip in to the citadel the trip to in to the citadel cindel I 1 was se the event cut of the day this la IS a huge pile with old lathas time moat out and ad battlements rod and a groat great P tower pr r dominating the whole hole country for far miles around here we were are to view I 1 mount gabriel mount M mi mol the Blans izza plateau and tile the range of gr ground it abich ach told had passed this upheaval it was uphill to tile cited citadel r showed allowed the he havoc of long continued file in one me R areat court there her was a IY putty little chapel ord which it had come through the ordeal ordal untouched though ill al around road we was a U wreck C once Is upon the battlements a n corn I 1 RI anding view law was as sliced ahead thine was one 1 I polar point of cf vanonie van Ril tnie tage whole theio this view was good ad krumn known I 1 as it the bael notion post past IN ve a halted a moment about to enter the post past but there others wished to push on to tile the very front from of I 1 tile the wall and this adew bew pool aled it was a most fortunate decision U as w we e heart ui aw a soon after had reason t to know on tile the battlements a splendid did vie view stretched retried t out for miles over this bat tle ground of mountains allele and ad plains plot with ml ill the ilia city chiy houses clustered below toad and the roads w chur off fl through the valleys and foothills foothill there 1 in front was man mount ut gabriel this side held by the italians the other by tile the At austrians Aust atri rians there them ran runa the dividing tire line said aid the escort pointing to a R line of trees and ad apel dp depressions el near r the summit the italian trenches could be plainly sera 11 but bat ill there was nas no need heed of indi eating a dividing line tor for the bursts of smoke samike along one aid side of at the summit mumma I 1 id and the ans answering maring bursts from tile the other othar side do told mh w here re ue the line mas w as oil oft to tile the left was mount at michell michael once swept ch an by shell fire but bill now green again nestled in a hollow was as the doe connant of st catarina tile the ilion 1 plateau man I 1 was Is off to the left and through tic the lant were a the dim outlines of snow t topped PP it mount neill heib that outpost apt of if tile the italian indian di As we me stood am gitig till this scene ilore was the steady rumble of guns with mith tile the crack of quick ficare and thin then the long IRS whiz lz of star parmi shells hell but there we was one whiz h a which hach in scantly engaged evera attention we could old hear it coming and ad it a was no not going gains over nor umar nor at uther little side kerr one recoiled maloom and tl en crash 1 no more Oln observation event seat post rive ot I 1 1 Us went nd down in n a neap blaw ther stunned as S hilb a 11 hammer blow there was as a blent enveloping noc wun mith the he smash small rod and crack clack of walls 7 i the is living ot of fragments fragment slid and then ahe h e larns heave of 1 to tons ot mortar nod it amanual plumed plowed up by the huge hug vala it bad struck that observation post just 15 teet feet away which we were n about 1 to enter thai was no more no observe GOO post pon it m was adept P I 1 III clann but III the a shot shell I 1 had go gone I 1 at straight agh through battering do down massive walls 11 and digging a deep trench into I 1 the he a earth rth bhole it had esP exploded lodell on under I 1 e ground throwing up great grant generl but while rille the earth and stone flew like hall the underground ot had held the shell fragments st stunned oil na at we e were the first impulse was man of self salt pr preservation era t ian A hasty glance showed sh d no one was a seriously injured though lie I 1 bekle of blood on the right acm to pie pic of one us of the party told that a ni 9 ng g stone had bad fondd too d 4 maik they T hey have tills dole range old the es a cout cort na as tie me struggled to our feet and ud one shot shot means that soother will wl fol fal low there them was a hasty scramble rumble sc from fr am the battlement over oner the tons I 1 a of debris debt throw thron n up w valet aich now completely core plemely blocked the three tha th a foot feet path shirting klej the th wall mail llie lie shell had suddenly brought to t st close our observation of the battle front with till all 11 its ita tragedy and ad majestic beauty but worst 14 of all 11 it put an a end to all trips to girla fur far the officer icer tiff sold said or no further ill chances ea ot of this kind could old be taken take it was s lust just na as well 11 for now the great offensive offered of the enemy burst unexpectedly and with it c came am a the retreat from the gouty gout line I 1 innately or unfortunately aly I 1 hid had seen it at the mat last moment when he the tide was turning situation explained at the cafe where we went to tor lunch larch the officer from headquarters artem laid out the big military map on the table and epla explained ined the military situation it was IRS this the enemy ny was gr great at romes masses of men to the north ill ol 01 1 the brundle plateau n ilia d deain e g w was a net evident the italians italian b bv A the their 1 r I 1 last a ad d van vance hall had S swung our a it ling g which wab sadhu threatening threatening T to 0 save trieste the he enemy roust must force the iella italians back to the I 1 isonio isonzo a the rier US as another item italian offensive would clear char tile the caiso I 1 r range I 1 I 1 rod and give the italians the mastery or of tiers to the enemy I 1 the tune he had come 1 I r he must a act it to before S tiie ital I 1 ians their final card r and held it imlau the 1 I j jewel of the A adriatic As we me pored pared over oar the map the in ensing Is roar of the artillery told that fienning fi afie enemy was ma losing loans no an time in 1 ilia his part of the military game the pro arm abo r of if the cafe to was met an intelligent g sit old mm in and ad I 1 asked him it the ire fire asked him if we a I 1 heard le rd was me he be same I 1 a as 1 usual I ind he shook beef his bit head hard and ad said fit ao 21 it is 1 aci ev v much heavier and it asclon sepins na as though something mas as going to her hap pon lails 1 his was 1 I the he t instinctive feel of ing of the t la people on the spot who vie had bad goo gone G hronish this day after ter ony day tor far months they felt the blow coming on 0 the coiner there were two in a women of the working class talking together under trader nn an umbrella gambrall am brall for far it was me raining mining hard their indifference to tie the shell ing strange and I 1 stopped to it ask lk them it if the tb S bombardment did not at frighten them and keep them anake at right night they w were puzzled for far a moment at as though out not comprehending such an in iv and ad tile then the they shrugged that tbell shoulders ers AN I 1 1 are I used to it they said I 1 used to I 1 ahten us at first and the children stall still cry at night but what can we me hot do the these e more ere tap coal tow lomeD who ni had had boom become habituated to the IS dun ger mid and all around them unit and were more now stopping Ig on the its coiner in the rain in to achang exchange till latest geral gossip p one of the women bad th fatmeh of an Au Austi inn and aba she smiled mulled us |