The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-22

tho lake and 81 on down tho IIavc I"
the seat. * un" presenting n nahH'r"uS
flank on it's left TIL" communications
liz which IN" Italian army Is ma ;ntAln"u
ar" railways ami roads which run from
cast In west along the plain under 'iI'
hills Tho rlr.lny. lay reaching these
communications at any point between
the piaVc and TN" SWISS FRONTIER. W"ulh
cut off and destroy IN" forces lying
further east rf the point al rupture
The more To tho west or tn IN" l"rt or
the Italian lin" IN" point Of rupture
may be- IN" more disastrous Will hN us
effect. or thu larger Will hc the mass
Of truups cut off hy tho cutting ur COM
muuicati"n.
Have Better Chance on AstaCo Plateau.
If therefore" thu mountain line w"r"
not 80 very strong between IN" swiss
I frontier and LAX" I;aurda that would u"
tn" point for the AuSlrihnS I" Sink"
with their greatest weight, hut IN TT"'-
ricc their opportunities for masSlnE her"
orn too small and the I'm" opposed 10
them is too strong.
ON tho hSIaEn plateau they have Il
much better chance. TIL" Er'al maj"
international railway runs down through
the Trrniinu valley and supplies all ihiS
narl of tn, Austrian front: that is why
the great 0ff"nSiv" of 1916 started h"r''
Today W.. are seeing exactly tho sam"
mnn0rIy"rS h"Cun again. though with
only this diff"r"n"H-thai III" I'M" Ne
, iur much shorter. the AuSirinnS can
atlack all along it. rN"rc:-inE pressure
nu Tho raw. at tn" sun" trnr as th"!
make Tho main effort on tho flank l"
| the north.
TIL" forces opposed arc upon tn" Nus
,rian side least iifty-iiv" divisions n
! rrnpnnd"rani number rendered r"SS'hl"
/ h. ,h.. elimination al liuSs'n ana tou-
| mnnia. anil tn" consequent power at 'h'
! ,rs,r,.,us !, mass nearly all thor avail
milo force: AGAINST the Italians. ar nv
/ rur,hrrs ,,rr,iS.h IL them "" may not
sneak. hut ri amy rat" "" kn"" 'f'''
! ,b,r,. sig. hero. unfortunately, til" sam"
numerical superiority III IN" enemy
hands ne he ,oss"<s"S I'll along III" west
! ,od,y and certainly hc has hero an even
! urr;,trr rr"I"nd"ran"" 81 artillery.
! such was .hr situation nj tn" open
! ,n.- nr this haitl,. The enemy brought
; against n linz Of rather mar. than Il
! hundred miles length from l.ah" 'uar-
f, din IL the ScA. f"rc"S til" infantry ~
! wf,,rh alone mum b"rcr about half Il mill
i,, mon SunrnSiue tina; they had not
; r,.rrrfl, been reinforced 10y IN" loan If
! t;rrma, divisions HIS aim - to turn
! TIN. convex front Of III" l'iavr ~ its left
| flank coming down from IN" mountain
| onto .ho plain ami cutting III" r"inlnllhl-
! cuiicns az the Italian army. tn" form
| or the li:trl,. is clearly framed ON IN"
, t;rrruan u"I"l used in the last "t'"n-
sjvr in France. Th"r" WAS Ia. same
| short and very Intense preliminary
| hnIu ba r,im"nt ni about four hours pc
! ginniu. at midnight and followed ~
/ davh:rak H.. tn" launching "i inc m
! r,urrv along Tho whole line. This il
! exactly what Was don" on March i amt
." upnn :, line about half III" sam"
! length with forces about ~ TO: cent
I,rr,r, when thu Germans broke tn"
! Western IRON, before 81. Quentin.
Main Feature Of western Drive
,rr, main feature" Of llr, military act
ions on thu Western front was, of
course ,hr Ea,tlc az tn" Matt, the i'm
,u,,Ii:,tr uhicctiy" OF which WIS com
,nrrnc. This battle was the greatest
:.,,rr.~sS whirh the Allies hnv" arhiev'!
: since ih.. enemy "rr"uSIy" was launch.
,d ,hi., &prIng aud il had ui"u all th".'1.
,uy's plans in France r"usd'lahi'
and Immediate "ff"cI. In th.' first place
ih"r" WAS II" ''''i''"' ~ H"' 1T -
hl"w i"'I "n INC sector y W.
rxr.rr.,I - fall. and therefor" was
'"Hif yer u. III III, 'i'' "a
: enemy rH' ~ '',> ~"
3 ~ I'"'' -" a..
.pul,ry Ia cut his LOSSES l:.'. rr"m"Ht h"
secs thai ANY ono nf his ilnuS has inii
"l' S'i l"' I''P"' W." y y
scat ana ne ''N"'' ~ ~
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