. The story of the Great War; history of the European War from official sources. Complete historical records of events to date ... Edited by Francis J. Reynolds, Allen L. Churchill [and] Francis Trevelyan Miller . tion of 25,000. In the present war Udine had beenthe general headquarters of the second and third Italian railways radiate from Udine west to link up with theVenetian-Quadrilateral system, by which the second and thirdarmies have been supplied; north, across the frontier, to linkup with the Vienna-Trentino line; northeast only as far asCividale, whence the town was invest
. The story of the Great War; history of the European War from official sources. Complete historical records of events to date ... Edited by Francis J. Reynolds, Allen L. Churchill [and] Francis Trevelyan Miller . tion of 25,000. In the present war Udine had beenthe general headquarters of the second and third Italian railways radiate from Udine west to link up with theVenetian-Quadrilateral system, by which the second and thirdarmies have been supplied; north, across the frontier, to linkup with the Vienna-Trentino line; northeast only as far asCividale, whence the town was invested; southeast, via Goritzto Trieste; and due south, over the lower plains to a smallsteam tramway which skirts the marshes. By then, too, the Italian Carnia front seemed to have collapsedon the most important sectors. During a snowstorm Austriantroops wrested from the Italians frontier positions which theyhad built up during two and a half years southwest of Tarvis,near Pontafel, in the Ploecken region, and on St. Pal. Advanc-ing out of the Carnic Alps the invaders set foot on Venetiansoil along the entire front, and were pressing forward againstthe upper course of the Tagliamento, even though the Italians. AUSTRO-GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN ITALY 207 destroyed, wherever possible, bridges and other means ofcommunication in order to delay the hostile advance. In spite of valiant efforts on the part of the Italians to stemthe tide of invaders, the latter gained new successes on the lastday of October, 1917. Portions of the Italian army made a standat the Tagliamento. Austro-Hungarian forces, however, stormedthe last Tagliamento bridgehead, near Latisana, on the lowerreaches of the river, south of Codroipo. The bridgehead positionsat the latter place and at Dignano were taken by storm by Ger-man troops. The Germans claimed that as a result of theseoperations more than 60,000 Italians, cut off and outflanked onboth sides, laid down their arms, and that the number ofprisoners taken by them
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