The Sentinel=record., 1918-01-06

ran the whole range of violence from the deep base rumble of monster guns up to the staccato rattle of ma chine guns, which sounded like strings of big fire crackers in bar rel. A crash of falling walls could Dc heard every now and then as one of the big missiles arrived d"-the famil- far term used by those who live with this shell-fire.
 And yet with the imminent danger, many people still chung to their homes and belongings with that same ton acity which makes the Nesuvian peas ants cling to the mountain side when the volcano is raging and threaten ing to bury them. But most of these people on the streets are the poor who could not get away, and the small shop keepers wha cannot afford to abandon their goods The big stores are all closed. and the place has the air of a deserted city, with only q few stl1gglers bringing up the rear Gori2iia had 30,0o0 people but only 1000 are left, and these making only a scattered showing in the wide main street fringed on either side with it's shelltorn fronts 1t was raining hard and this added to the lueubrious spectacle.
 Of the ravage wrought by the shells the main facts were cabled on the day of the visit. But there are some additional details worth recording now that Gorizia stands out so sym bolically Entering the city We passed the extensive Jesuit establishment where 500 seminarians were located. One corner was knocked off. the cor nices were hanging and several biz holes told where the saells had found a mark The main contour of the street was preserved and the build in8s were intact as a whole, but every second or third had been hit, some collapsing entirely. others with their front wall gone and their upper rooms with household goods showing from the street But there was no vast area of completely leveled de- bris as at Nerdun or Monastr. The outlines of a city were still there. but 1t was city sieved by bOmbardment
 One modest dwelling stood out as we hurried along, not by it's ruin, but by its cheer i'll the midst of this desolatlon. There were simple lace curtains in the windows, from one of which n Iift1a x.,.l looking down on her garden. She was quite unconscious of the shell fire all about and called down to her com panion below. Some of the big build ings had their walls shored up with long timbers to keep them from top bling over. At the theatre in the center of the city the billboards showed the remnants of the last per fcrmance, months ago, when a com pany ot Nienese players appeared in comedy. Now there were firemen standing in the theatre lobby, the fire engine was in the orchestra floor. and the engine horses had the green rooms.
 There was no use looking for a ho- tel, for here were no guests now. and besides all the hotels had been wiped out. The main hotel, handsome structure on the main corner. was de- molished by the explosion of two 12- inch shells, which landed squarely in side, The loss of life must have been great, and the material destruction was complete, not vestige of the building remaining, except great heaps of debris through the roof just over the altar. The cathedral nearby had also received a shell. All the stained glass windows were shiyered and the bits lay on the ground. Look Ing through one of these empty win dows We could see the wrecked alter with it's railings twisted and it's marble sides blasted into fragments.
 The visit to the citadel was the event of the day. This is a huge pile with old-time meat and battle ments, and a great tower dominating the whole country for miles around. Here We were to view Mt Gabriel,
 
 Mt Michel, the Bianzizza plateau and the whole range of ground which had passed through this upheaval It was uphill to the citadel. Everything showed the havoc of long continued fire. In one great court there was pretty little chapel which had come through the ordeal untouched though all around was a wreck.
 Once up the battlements a com- manding view was ahead. There was one point of vantage where this view was particularly good, known as the observation post We halted mo- ment, about to enter the post, but others wished to push on to the very front of the wall and this view pre- vailed Ii was most fortunate de- cision, as we soon after had reason to know.
 On the battlements a splendid view stretched out for miles over this bat tleground of mountains, valleys and YlIainc tu{th fha oft., hougne oIurtaS