The Sentinel=record., 1918-01-06

1 eadquarteri Ct he Italian Army, Northern Italy, January 5.--(Corre- spondence ot The Associated Press. -Gorizia is a symbol "On to Cor izia," was the cry of the Duke of Aostas soldiers as they pressed on through the little town of Lucinico a few months ago, fighting their way down to the lsonzo river, then across the western bridge leading to the city, when the cry changed to "CIorizia at last"
 Then, a week ago, this was reversed when the overwhelming invading force of Austro- Germans took up this same cry, "On 10 Gorizia," pressing down from the north, across the northern bridge to the city. end end ing with "Gorizia at last,'
 Thus Gorizia has become a symbol of the huge change which has oc- cured within the last ten days. It was one of the furtherest points for ward on the Italian line, the center of a vast arc of fighting front stretching from Plezzo, far in the north, down to the Adriatic at Montefalcone, and 1t was the most popplous and i'm portant city in the great crescent of territory which the Italian army has sliced off southwestern Austria some six hundred square miles in all And so Gorizia was symbolic of that entire region which has twice changed hands in this war, and of the fur therest advance in the first Italian campaigns.
 l visited Gorizia just nine days ago and saw the city on the eve of it's agony. It was the last visit made there by ayone outside the military before the retreat began. The rear of the great Austro- German offensive already had commenced, though for theN moment it was taken for spas modic renewal of the cannonade which has been going on for weeks. Within twenty-four hours the enemy had crossed the lsonzo fifteen miles further north, turned the Italian left wing. beaten back the second army under General Capello, threatened to envelope the third army under the Duke of Aosta, brother of the king oi Italy, and put in execution that gigan- tic hammer stroke by which they hoped to finish Italy and cripple the whole entente.
 The visit was made by invitation of the supreme command with a staff editor from headquarters as escort. As we sped along the road in the big army tuto l noted there were no troops along the road and bordering fields as one sees approaching Yer dun or in the Somme or Flanders. was part of the system adopted, it was explained. All tn reprovisioning of the army was done at night, and the roads were left clear by day most of the time.
 Ten miles out we crossed the ltal- ian- Austian frontier and entered Aus tria. The frontier was marked by an empty river as the mountain current had run dry There were scrub trees  along the banks and our escort noted the strange fact that bears were quite numerous in these parts and back to the Julian Alps. Near the frontier bridge was party of soldiers going home for two weeks leave; they looked very happy and were quite un- conscious of the escape they were making from the crash to occur few hours later.
 At Cormons, an Austrian village on the road. the signs above the shops were all in Italian, showing the tlai- ians were right in the claim that all this section was racially Italian At this town, too, was statue of the Archduke Maxmilian, which had just passed through a queer experience. Some Italian soldiers passing through