Bisbee daily review., 1917-11-04
new ITALIAN
Army STANDS
READY TO Do
ALL POSSIBLE
After Terrible Trials the Ca
dorna Forces Are Recon
structed Into Armies, Divis.
ions and Regiments for the
Work.
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN

I ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTHERN ITALY, Nov. 3.-(By The
Associated Press.-After trials such as
a grea5 military body has seldom ex-
Z perienced, the new Italian army today
/ is reconstructed, with regiments, bri-
gades and divisions reformed and Its
concentration on new lines is being
gradually established. The situation
early today showed the spirit and
morale of the troops heartened, and.
while conditions along he fighting
/ front continue grave, yet the rapidity
of the reformation and the renewal OF
steadiness and stability among all
ranks has improved the general situa-
ton.
The Duke of Oosta's success in
bringing the third army practically in
tact in % the new position back of the
Tagliamento river, after extricating it
from the impending danger of envelop-
ment, is regarded as a strategic opera
tion of the highest order. 1t was a
question OF abandoning lines of intri-
cate and solid construction more Inan
mile in dep h. with an elaborate sys-
TEN of emplacements, trenches, con-
nections by roads and railways in ad-
dit.on to the enormous stores. guns and
material and all this in the face of a
violent bombardment and infantry
rushes by the enemy in front. on the
flank and sometimes in the rear.
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTHERN ITALY, Friday, Nov q
(By The Associated Press From the
strategic standpoint the Italian re-
treat in northern Italy has certain COM
pensations. 1t has shortened the Ital-
ian front from an irregular curve of
seventy miles to a compact, straight
line
The former front, just abandoned.
stretched from PleZzo southwark TO the
Gulf of Triest. which, is fifty miles in
an air line and more than seventy
miles including the zig-zags over the
mountains. This was an exceptionally
long front for either offensive or de-
fensive operations and i. was continu-
ally threatened with incursions at
weak points of the long line. such as
the fatal one, when the present blow
was delivered at point where the line
tapered of to a thin outpost.
The old line. moreover. had no riv-
ers as natural defenses. Now howev-
er. the from. is greatly shortened with
the entire army massed and backed
by natural defenses. Thus. strategic
ally, the invading forces are at pres
ent standing with a wide and turbu-
lent mountain stream before them. on
the edge of winter, besides confront
ing a narmy which is rapidly reforming
along The new line.
other Issues.
But the stragetic issues are not con-
fined to those bearing on the situation
eastward in yenetia. There must also
be taken into consideration the Teu-
tonic front, which has heretofore been
distinct and separate in the war opera
tions. The Venetia flont runs perpen-
dicularly from the Adriatic, whereas
the Trentino fronty runs HORIZONTAL
eastward from Lake Garda and is lit
tie more than thirty miles away from
the north. Scouts going in that direc-
lion today heard heavy gunfire to the
northward, so that attention must be
turned in two directions-eastwa 70
the new Venetian front east of the
TagliamentO river. and northward to
he Trentino front from Lake Garda
eastward.
Typical OF Huns.
Reports coming in today were of a
reassuring character showing the Ital-
ian rear guard still holding the enemy
east of the Tagliamento. This river
is difficult one for the enemy -
cross, as the rapids are so swift it is
impossible to float pontoons. One of
the last arrivals from the invaded re
gions came into town today after a
dangerous, circuitous trip along by
roads u avoid the enemy scouts. The
Uhlans. he reported visited some of
the towns early on Sunday and soon
afterward there was fusillade which
terrified a few townspeople remaining.
Another of the late arrivals said he
saw soldiers breaking in.o jewelry
shops and coming into the street with
their hands filed with watches and
jewelry. while all other places having
things of value were similarly raided.
While the retreat was on the enc
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