The story of the great war . avebrought you thus far in the east to the end, because it wasthere far away from the center of the war in Europe thatGeneral Allenby won the first decisive victory, severaldays before the Allies, under General dEsperey, brokeBulgarias power, that helped to bring the war to an end. The Italian Defeat The most decisive as well as the most disastrous battleof the year was the defeat of the Italians by the Austro-Germans at Caporetto. This defeat was largely due topropaganda by the Germans. The Austrian and Italianlines, which were only a few hundred yards apart, hadm
The story of the great war . avebrought you thus far in the east to the end, because it wasthere far away from the center of the war in Europe thatGeneral Allenby won the first decisive victory, severaldays before the Allies, under General dEsperey, brokeBulgarias power, that helped to bring the war to an end. The Italian Defeat The most decisive as well as the most disastrous battleof the year was the defeat of the Italians by the Austro-Germans at Caporetto. This defeat was largely due topropaganda by the Germans. The Austrian and Italianlines, which were only a few hundred yards apart, hadmade it possible for the soldiers during periods of inac-tivities to become friendly. This friendliness was encour-aged by the Austrian and German High Command. TheAustrian troops who had been friendly with the Italianswere withdrawn and German shock troops took theirplaces. On October 24th the attack began. The Italiansin the front line, believing the attackers to be the friendlyAustrians they knew, waved them a welcome. The. Painting by F. S. Brunncr ? © Curtis Publishing Company From British Official Photograph Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N. by Permission of The Ladies Home Journal THE END OF THE LAST CRUSADE CAME WHEN GEXERAI. ALLKNBYENTERED JERUSALEM AT THE HEAD OF THE BRITISH ARMY THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1917 219 treacherous Germans replied with rifle and machine-gunfire, killing the Italians in great numbers and breakingthrough their lines. The first week of the advance the Italians lost morethan 250,000 prisoners and 2,000 guns. The Italianarmies on the front from the Carnic Alps to the sea, adistance of seventy miles, were forced to retreat. Theretreat became a rout in which soldiers and civilians, storesand materials of all kinds got mixed, and choked up theroads running to the rear. Town after town fell to theenemy. All that the Italians had gained in their twoyears of difficult fighting was lost in as many weeks. Bythe 10th of November the Italians had
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