Italy at war and the allies in the west . M hJ -s. THE ROAD TO TRIESTE 99 steel cemented into the rock. The dolinaswere converted into machine-gun pits andbomb-proof shelters. In one of these curiouscraters I saw a dugout—it was really a subter-ranean barracks—electrically lighted and withneatly whitewashed walls which had sleepingaccommodation for a thousand men. To sup-ply these positions, water was pumped up byoil-engines, but the Austrians took care todestroy the pipe-lines as they retired. At the northern end of the Carso, in anangle formed by the junction of the Wippachand the Isonzo, th
Italy at war and the allies in the west . M hJ -s. THE ROAD TO TRIESTE 99 steel cemented into the rock. The dolinaswere converted into machine-gun pits andbomb-proof shelters. In one of these curiouscraters I saw a dugout—it was really a subter-ranean barracks—electrically lighted and withneatly whitewashed walls which had sleepingaccommodation for a thousand men. To sup-ply these positions, water was pumped up byoil-engines, but the Austrians took care todestroy the pipe-lines as they retired. At the northern end of the Carso, in anangle formed by the junction of the Wippachand the Isonzo, the snowy towers and red-brownroofs of Gorizia rise above the foliage of itsfamous gardens. The town, which resemblesHomburg or Baden-Baden and was a popularAustrian resort before the war, lies in thevalley of the Wippach (Vippacco, the Italianscall it), which separates the Carso from thesouthernmost spurs of the Julian Alps. Downthis valley runs the railway leading to Trieste,Laibach, and Vienna. It will be seen, there-fore, that Gorizia is re
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