The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-11-03

OF the stream. As far as is known
the enemy has not yet been able ito
cross the river, which is in fresle(.
but it seems apparent that from the
Carnic Alps south along the battlslile
to the head of the Adriat lie Itslisl 5
are Holding theiNRew In Of defense
securely.
Meantime, with the Italians, waiting
for eventualities on the eastern Friuli
plains, the sentiment in italy among
All >lasses is seething with patriotic
fervor.
ltajan Headquarters in Northern
Italy he immensely Of the convul-
sion Trough which the Italian army is
passing makes impressions count for
little. Yet, as an eyewitness at the
extreme front up to the day Of retire
nnent and then as a participant in the
retreat to the new position westward, I
the respondents experience is typi-
cal of those hundreds of persons that
the army removed from the danger
zone.
It can be stated that we are not sit
uated with General Cadorna and the
general staff. His sturdy figure was.
often seen as he went to and from
the front where the Duke Of Acosta,
commander Of the Third army, and
General Capello, commander of the
Second army we're IN personal charge
tIle vail of steel the Italians had
erected inside uatrian 3arzitQay.
were rigidly scratinized. The whole
city vas given up to the supreme mil
itary administration.
This gives a glimpse of the scene
which changed with such suddenness
when the crisis came last Friday
night. From that hour the CORE
spondent tried to make frequent notes,
from which the main entries would
. I'd
give the main sequence of events.
At noon Friday there vas a sue
cession of air raids. The alarm was
sounded by triple gongs, followed by
sirens and bells. The streets were
cleared, the shops were closed and
business was suspended.
NJ The first definite information was
thus given that the Austro- Germans
had crossed the Isonzo in huge often
sive. Friday night the gravity Of the
situation led to the consideration of a
retirement Of the army and the remov-
al of the headquarters westward. The
commander of the troops in this see
ton read to them, with emotion, Gen
eral Cadorna's stirring appeal to the
soldiers to stand firm, and all joined in
loyal shouts of "Long live Italy"
Saturday morning the correspondent
was summoned at daybreak and in
formed that all must leave at once.
The railway was given over to troops,
artillery and stores. Private trains
and the telegraph had been suspended.
All sorts of vehicles and horses were
impressed for military requirements
Throngs of persons We're walking
along the roads and the refugees, men,
women and children, were carrying
the pitiful remnants of their house
hold goods.
The correspondent succeeded II
boarding an automobile of the last
British Red Cross unit to leave. a
final look at midnight from the top o.
the Red Cross building found that tbs
eastern horizon was ablaze with con
tinual explosions as the Italians blew
ND munition depots and bridges to i'm
pede the advance of the enemy.
At daylight Sunday the vast traffi'
of the retiring multitude clogged TIL
roads for miles. The Red Cross auto
mobile party expected to make thirt'
miles inside of two hours, but it de
veloped it would take at least two day
to achieve this distance.
The withdrawal of the heavy gun
and the munition supplies revealed
military genius of the highest order
but the civilian crowds added to tn
difficulty Of the huge military remova
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