The Sentinel=record., 1918-01-06
GOR|zIA WAR SCENES ARE
 DESCRIBED BY OBSERVER
Associated Press Man Visited This Field Before It Was Devastated and Again After the
 Ground Had Been Fought Over

the town had seen the statute, and not being familiar with Maximilian they had taken il for the great Genose navigator, Christopher Columbus With true Italian feryOr they had decorated the statute. and there stood MaXimilian with garlands about his neck placed there by Italian soldiers The cannonade began to be heard for the first time ten miles west of Gorizia-a low rumble to the north and east with now and then the untitled boom of a great gun Day by day the fire was getting hayier. said our escort, who knew the ground by heart: and he added that the enemy forces had been increased from l20 battalions to 330 battalions
 As we passed through the town of Lucinico, far-out suburb of Gorizia, it was seen to be half destroyed Along the main street ran rows O; battered buildings, with walls half gashes. But business was going on men were at the cafes, and women and girls strolled the street uncon cernedly Now the automobile turned ID the steep side of Padgera Hill, one of the outer defenses of Gorizia, where bloody hand to- hand fighting occurred One could see the old trench and wire system, now grass grown. All this hill had been swept bare by shell-fir but nature had kindly obliterated the scars and the hillside was again smiling with it's verdure The sound of firing had now increased to an ominous roar as we passed Padgera Hill
 Turning the corner of a shattered wall, we saw the lsonzo river lying ahead. and on the further side Cor battlements of the citadel towering on the right. The river looked about the width of the Potomac at Wash ington. but with swifter current from the mountain feeders. Along the edge of the river ran rows of she'll torn walls with gaping windows. This whole water front had been torn to pieces, and yet many of tn demol- ished remnants of the buildings were occupied. and work along the river wharves was proceeding.
 To the left as We approached the river. stood out the palatial castle Of Count Coronini of Vienna, the close personal friend of Emperor Francis Joseph up to his death, and the mas ter of ceremonies of the imperial household In this castle had died King Charles x, and his body still reposes in the nearby convent of St Caterina One of the lions of St. Mark, which had capped the entrance to the castle, was taken down by the Aus triaus before they quit Gorizia and is now in the city museum. IL was an impressive sight to see the fine old castle through a vista of trees. with it's parks and avenues, and the ltal' ian flag flying above it.
 The Ison2o river was crossed by the wooden bridge which Italian en- gineers had built ai all the old bridges had been blown up, On one side lay the wreck of big pontoon. It was on pontoon bridges that the Italians entered the city, and this wreck was one of the remnants of that crossing The big railroad bridge was lying in wreck from artillery fire. Further on was the massive stone bridge with one of it's main arches blown to pieces. Near these bridges lie number of important paper mills where paper is made for government notes. All these mills were masses of ruins with few tall chimneys still standing among the debris
 Gorizia itself was under the rain of terrific bombardment, for the full force of the great offensive was now only few hours off. The cannonade