. Battlefields of the World War, western and southern fronts; a study in military geography . Adamello group by dog was the usual route to this part of the Italian front in the difficult terrainbetween the Noce-Avisio and Giudicaria-Val Sugana corridors. to another battlefield, that of the Isonzo (p. 541), on the easternfrontier. The Piedmont plain may be attacked either from thenorth or from the east. Armies defending the eastern frontiernecessarily depend upon supply lines which traverse the plainfor 150 miles in sight of an enemy advancing over the northernmountains. Hence the ea
. Battlefields of the World War, western and southern fronts; a study in military geography . Adamello group by dog was the usual route to this part of the Italian front in the difficult terrainbetween the Noce-Avisio and Giudicaria-Val Sugana corridors. to another battlefield, that of the Isonzo (p. 541), on the easternfrontier. The Piedmont plain may be attacked either from thenorth or from the east. Armies defending the eastern frontiernecessarily depend upon supply lines which traverse the plainfor 150 miles in sight of an enemy advancing over the northernmountains. Hence the eastern armies must always fight underthe menace of a disaster which is inevitable if the enemy on thenorth succeeds in reaching the plain and cutting their communi- 500 BATTLEFIELD OF THE TRENTINO cations. In the World War Cadornas eastern operations cameto an abrupt halt in May, 1916, when he was compelled totransfer large forces westward to check the dangerous Austrianadvance across the Asiago plateau almost to the edge of theplains. Irretrievable disaster to the eastern armies was nar-. ^**^ 35s? J\!
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