The defeat of Austria as seen by the 7th Division; being a narrative of the fortunes of the 7th Division from the time it left the Asiago Plateau in August 1918 till the conclusion of the armistice with Austria on November 4, 1918With maps and sketches by ELuton and a prefby . fuse set, between the two banks, and it only required amatch to destroy it. Fortunately for us the man who had set thefuse was a fool, and the man who was supposed to fire it acoward. A moments forethought ought to have induced the © © man who set the fuse to lead the wire back to the far side of theeastern
The defeat of Austria as seen by the 7th Division; being a narrative of the fortunes of the 7th Division from the time it left the Asiago Plateau in August 1918 till the conclusion of the armistice with Austria on November 4, 1918With maps and sketches by ELuton and a prefby . fuse set, between the two banks, and it only required amatch to destroy it. Fortunately for us the man who had set thefuse was a fool, and the man who was supposed to fire it acoward. A moments forethought ought to have induced the © © man who set the fuse to lead the wire back to the far side of theeastern bank, where it could have been fired in perfect safety atthe last possible moment. This brain-wave was apparently beyondhim, with the result that in order to fire the fuse it was necessarjto climb up over the bank and down towards the bed of the presumably happened was that at the moment when thisought to have been done there was a certain amount of snipingcoming either from the right or left, with the result that whoeverwas supposed to fire the fuse got the wind up and decided notto climb over the bank and risk being shot. There was nothingthe matter with the fuse itself, and it was removed on October 30by the himself. The survival of this bridge was a matter. 84 THE DEFEAT OF AUSTRIA. of the utmost importance to us. It would have taken a longtime to repair it, and no wheeled transport could have crossed theriver if it had been destroyed. The gentlemen, therefore, whoso kindly left it for us deserve the warmest thanks of the BritishArmy. There werent many fools like that amongst German On the morning of the 29th, when the 20th Brigade wereengaged in the operations already described, with a broken bridgein front of them, our cavalry had reported that this bridge wasintact, and that the enemy had retired from the Itwas accordingly decided to press on towards Codogne. The 91stBrigade were accordingly organised as an advance guard, the 2ndQue
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