. The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others. h nodoubt made more than one journey. Venice was then verynear the Austrian lines. In all fifty machines took part inthe raids. Thirty-eight houses were destroyed and threechurches damaged—SS. Giovanni e Paolo, San GiovanniCrisostomo and San Simeone Piccolo. Yet the sum of losswas small considering the thick cluster of treasures thatmakes up Venice. Fifteen bombs fell near the DogesPalace, but all in the water. One just missed the Bridgeof Sighs. Bombs
. The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others. h nodoubt made more than one journey. Venice was then verynear the Austrian lines. In all fifty machines took part inthe raids. Thirty-eight houses were destroyed and threechurches damaged—SS. Giovanni e Paolo, San GiovanniCrisostomo and San Simeone Piccolo. Yet the sum of losswas small considering the thick cluster of treasures thatmakes up Venice. Fifteen bombs fell near the DogesPalace, but all in the water. One just missed the Bridgeof Sighs. Bombs fell all around the Ponte di Rialte. It 142 IN THE ALPS AND OX THE ADKIATIC was a miracle that the finest jewels of Venice w^ere un-touched. A bomb had fallen within five yards of St. Marks,Other escapes were as narrow. The attacks were all sheerwantonness. No military purpose could have been servedby attacks on the treasures of Venice. • Both port andarsenal lay far enough away to refute any excuse as to con-fusion of aim. For their achievement in defeating the Austrians theItalians received no end of praise, which needed in nowise. ITALIAN OFFICIAL PHOTO. AN ITALIAN TRENCH ON THE PIAVE to be modified because of the aid rendered by British andFrench troops. To have reconstituted their army and tohave reestablished its morale and spirit after one of themost crushing defeats in history, and to win within sixmonths so decisive a victory—of few armies had this everbeen recorded in history. The Austrian losses wereestimated later at 250,000. Of these it was reported thatfully 20,000 were drowned in the retreat across the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Austrian Infantrycovered the retreat until only eighty men remained un- 143 IN THE EAST, NEAR EAST, AND SOUTH wounded and these finally surrendered. Italy was nowable to take care of herself. It was by no means certainthat a defeat of such proportions was due solely to thebreaking of Austrias military force. It was no
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