The war in January 1918 . h. By the end of DecemberGeneral AUenby had captured the whole water-shed between the Mediterranean and the Jordanup to Beitin, 12 miles north of Jerusalem, theScriptural Bethel. Small advances up to the Shechem road weremade in the early days of the New Year beforethe weather broke. On January 7th snow wasfalling in Bethlehem. But by this time Jeru-salem was beyond the sound of guns, and thetroops had clearly established their superiority. The Italian Recoil. THOUGH small, the various gains on theItalian front were important tactically,and tend to show that the Austr
The war in January 1918 . h. By the end of DecemberGeneral AUenby had captured the whole water-shed between the Mediterranean and the Jordanup to Beitin, 12 miles north of Jerusalem, theScriptural Bethel. Small advances up to the Shechem road weremade in the early days of the New Year beforethe weather broke. On January 7th snow wasfalling in Bethlehem. But by this time Jeru-salem was beyond the sound of guns, and thetroops had clearly established their superiority. The Italian Recoil. THOUGH small, the various gains on theItalian front were important tactically,and tend to show that the Austro-German offensive is for the present completelyspent. They were well distributed over theItalian front. Two of them were on the Piavesector. East of Capo Sile, which lies north-east of the Venetian lagoons, the Grenadiersenlarged their bridgehead in the cheerless fen-country of the Piave delta. At Zenson, wherethe river makes one of its numerous bends, theAustrians were gradually pressed back over the THE WAR IN The Goehen. river. They had organised the position skil-fully. Numbers of bridges had been flungacross the river, and every opportunity wasseized for extending the bridgehead. It was nota great operation, but the position had to bewon back little by little, and at length the east-ward bend of the river was abandoned and theenemy withdrew to the left bank. In the mountain region which lies betweenAsiago and the Piave the main enemy attackhad been delivered, and in a number of placesthe mountain defences of the plain had beenworn thin. At many points along thissector of the front the Italian positions havebeen strengthened during the month. In theAsolone region, which lies east of Mte. Grappa,and still farther west, about Col del Rosso,there were small advances to straighten theline; but the most important gain was thecapture of Mte. Tomba by the French. On the 29th of December the French troopslying on the left of the British, where the Italianfront bends sout
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