South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-21

NORTHERN ITALY, Wednesday,
Nov. 21.- Correspondent yesterday
made a tour Of 80 miles along Piave
battle front, visiting ZensOn, Fa-
care and the Sega mill. where des-
perate fighting has occurred and
saw the duke of Aosta. commander
/, of the third army guarding the Piave
line, whose men hurled the Austrians
into the river and reestablished the
sOlidity of the Piave front. At the
moment the duke was issuing an
address TO his army congratulating
them on their glorious achievement
An officer from general staff
headquarters accompanied the cor
respondent and although the head
quarters of the third army was
reached at an early hour, the duke
was coming out to proceed along
the front. He held in his hand a
war map which he consulted with
his aides before giving directions
for the route to be travelled.
A colonel of the dukes staff ex-
planned conditions along the line
huSlIIdn ttOuJ complete.
Everywhere the colonel said, the
enemy had been thrown back ex-
cept at the brink Of the river at
lZenson, where a few men were hud-
died in the bushes unable TO go for
ward or backward, and were being
slowly cut to pieces. At Fagare,
FOlina and the Sega mill, the rout
of the enemy was complete. being
accomplished in fearful hand to
hand fighting on Friday night and
Saturday. This confirmed previous
information and added permanency
TO the effects obtained
The tour along the front took the
party TO the very centers Of the
hardest lighting and along the edge
OF the inundated region, where the
countryside was transformed sud
denly into a vast inland sea. APP
preaching the battle front the party
passed the brigade mentioned by
Gen. Diaz. the commander-in-ch chief.
for its furious assault at Zenson.
Many Of the men were about 90
years cid. They were sturdy country
boys and marched along seemingly
unconscious OF their glory.
At the barracks they were count
ing Austrian rifles and guns gath
cred in the court The line Of cap
tured machine guns looked like a
collection Of huge black grasshop-
Ders. The bayonets were detach-
able bowie knives with two-edged
blades
Cemetery Road CHASTITY Sight.
ON Cemetery road, where the Aus
TRANS advanced and set up their
line OF quick 1lrers. q fearful scene
was spread before the party. The
road was Uttered as though a tor
uado had passed by. Dead horses
To-. all about i'm contorted shapes.
The highway was otrewn with en-
envy helmets. blood stained cloth
ing cartridge belts and al kinds OF
accoutrCmentS. The trees on eth
er side We're cut in two anu the
lines of bushes We're leveled like
-rained before storm.
Just ahead on the road. as Sc
"a mill, where the bloodiest fight
/ iug was conferred. The mill wheel
was still running and the water was
flowing peacefully But all abou;
We're evidences OF fearful carnage
The soldiers who held the mill stood
urcoucernedly at the door while
al over the ground were tatters
left by the Austrians as they were
driven from the mill and thrown
into the river
Corpses Choke Stream.
Passing on 10 the bank OF the
river. just back OF the mill hor-
rible sight opened just under the
eyes Of the visitors. over there on
the sand bar in midstream lay
corpses in heaps as far as the eye
could see, the uniforms showing
plainly that they were Austrians.
Some lay on the bank and some
floated in the water The Italians
had just buried the bodies OF 500
Austrians. but those other hundreds
could not be brought back for de-
cent burial, as the Austrian guns
cut down observation-disclosures every
time they went of toward the sand
bar An officers dead horse. with
saddle and rich saddle cloth. lay
among the bodies.
The gruesome line OF bodies ex-
tended far down the river. The
Austrians had been cut down BY
machine gun fire as though by a
scythe. All the men in the lire
pitched forward on their faces ard
lay there. as though or dress pa
rade. but PROSTATE.
Bushes Neritable Furnace.
h. 4.