The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-21
HISTORY BEING
REPEATED NOW
IN VAL SUGANA
Opportunity for Centurj-De-
ferred Revenge is Offered
AuStTO- HuRgarianS.

WASHINGTON. June 2l.-"The
fierce offensive OF tae Austrian forces
In the Tyrolcan Alps and especially
in the Val Sugana seems to substantl-
ate those ChrOnIclers who maintain
that history has habit OF repeating
iaseli, even though II be in reverse
order. The present situation appar-
emily offers the TeutoniC power an OPP
portunlty to wreak on the Southern
Kingdom a century deferred revenge
for a defeat suffered at the hands Of
ltaly's ally. France, In this same
Sugana valley more than a hundred
years ago" says today's war geogra.
ply bulletin Of the National Geo
graphic Society. issued from its
Washington headquarters.
1t was down the valley Of the
Brcnta river. where recently the
Archduke Charles Francis Joseph be-
gan pressing back the Italians. that
Napoleon made his amazing descent
upon the Austrians in 1886. The
French gC/ius OF war led his wonder
fully mobile infantry distance of
more than sixty miles in two days
and at the end OF the march
Rushed Them into Battle
against the forces OF Wurmser who
had fallen back upon the city Of Bias
sano. twenty miles south of the pres
ent TyrOlcan border and thirty-fve
miles northwest Of Venice. This phe-
nomenal dash began at Trent, where
the Napolconic forces had been as
sombicd after the victory at Rovereto
four days previously.
"Lcvico, a town OF 5000 inhabi-
tants. lying at the cast end Of Lake
Caldonazzo and twenty-four miles
southeast Of Trent, Is at the head Of
the fertile. vinc-clad Val Sugana,
which follows the course Of the Bren-
Ia river in It's sweeping northward
bend as II makes its way East. finally
crossing the Italian border at Tezze
forty-sevcn miles by rail from Trent.
Next 10 LeviCo the largest town in
the valley is Borgo known in Roman
days rs Ausugum. on the heights
surrounding this picturesque place OF
$500 people are the ruins OF several
ancient and medieval castles which
lend unique aspect to the landscape.
When the Italians were driven
south of the Tyrolean border they
took up strong defensive position
almost parallel with the upper STU
CANA valley. along the heights above
the FrenZela valley. through which
runs railway connecting the two
quaint Italian towns of Asiago and
Arsiero. The former. thirty-four
miles north of Vicenza, is
pODu1n1. S1I1,,F,nr D,.n,,
for wcll-to-do Venetians. 1t is the
capital OF the "scttc comuni." n bar
rem plateau sustaining a population
OF 10000 Bavarians and Italian
speaking Tyrolcans Arsiero Is mr.
teen miles southwest of Aslago and is
the chief town Of the upper Astico
valley.
TO the east Of Asiago and three
miles south Of the Tyrolcan border
the Brenta river flows through a mar
row gorge in the Venetian Limestone
Alps. Through this passage. known
as the Canale di Brenta the Vene-
ttans OF the seventeenth century
brought to the coast the products OF
numerous tobacco plantations which
they had established in this fertile
section. Today the gorge offers many
points Of strategic value to an army
on the defensive. and If the Austrians
succeed in their drive down the Bren-
IA valley many thrilling encounters
may be staged there"