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 . of the enemy and under the nose of his rifles andmachine-guns. The only dead ground was in the river bed. Herefor a while, then, the two sides faced each other separated only by anarrow stream and two high artificial banks. After a short timethe enemy decided he had had enough of it, and either retired to-w
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 . of the enemy and under the nose of his rifles andmachine-guns. The only dead ground was in the river bed. Herefor a while, then, the two sides faced each other separated only by anarrow stream and two high artificial banks. After a short timethe enemy decided he had had enough of it, and either retired to-wards Cimetta or held up his hands and walked through the stream. Thus assisted, the Queens forced the passage across the bridgeand advanced towards Cimetta. The advance at first proceededmost successfully, and many prisoners were collected from thehouses. The enemy, however, was watching all the fighting from thecampanile of Cimetta Church, which afforded excellent attacking troops had to work through vineyards which com-pletely hid their view, and capture several little streams which 1 Probably wbat happened was that the enemy who originally held the lineretired, and during the night the fresh Austrian division already referred tocame up and took over the line. umu. 86 THE DEFEAT OF AUSTRIA. served as trenches for the enemy. Moreover, their right flankwas completely in the air, the 20th Brigade being still held up onthe Monticano. Seeing the attacking troops becoming disorganised,the enemy now started to come back out of Cimetta or attackedfrom the exposed flank. The Queens suffered heavy casualtiesand for a while the attack was held up. The fatigue of the attackingtroops was one of the chief difficulties. The men had had no realsleep for nearly a week, and no rations the day before. The S. Staffordshires were accordingly ordered up to reinforceand extend the attacking line, and about fifty of the Manchesterswho were mixed up with them joined in. Some difficult
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