Italy at war and the allies in the west . A Sky-Company of Alpini. The soldiers wear coats of white to render them invisible against the expansesof Eh ON THE ROOF OF EUROPE 63 tolommeo Colleoni; in the whitewashed villageinn of Campo Formio, a far greater adven-turer signed a treaty whereby he gave awaythe whole of this region as he would have givenaway a gold-piece; half a century later Garibaldiand his ragged redshirts fought to win it back. For mile after mile we sped through a coun-tryside which bore no suggestion of the bloodybusiness which had brought me. So far aswar was concerne
Italy at war and the allies in the west . A Sky-Company of Alpini. The soldiers wear coats of white to render them invisible against the expansesof Eh ON THE ROOF OF EUROPE 63 tolommeo Colleoni; in the whitewashed villageinn of Campo Formio, a far greater adven-turer signed a treaty whereby he gave awaythe whole of this region as he would have givenaway a gold-piece; half a century later Garibaldiand his ragged redshirts fought to win it back. For mile after mile we sped through a coun-tryside which bore no suggestion of the bloodybusiness which had brought me. So far aswar was concerned, I might as well have beenmotoring through New England. But, thoughan atmosphere of tranquillity and security pre-vailed down here amid the villages and farm-steads of the plain, I knew that up there amongthose snow-crowned peaks ahead of us, mus-ketry was crackling, cannon were belching, menwere dying. But as we approached the front—though still miles and miles behind the fight-ing-line—the signs of war became increasinglyapparent: base camps, remount depots, auto-mobile parks, aviation schools, aerodromes,hospitals, machine-shops, ammunitio
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