The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-22
Correspondent Was Felled
by the Explosion of a
Big Austrian Shell
PEOPLE IN DANGER
CHUNG TO HOMES
Railroad Bridge Wrecked and All of
the Mills Masses of Ruins, with a Few
Tall Chimneys Still Standing Among
the Debris.

Tall Chimneys Still Standing Among
the Debris.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ITAL-
IAN ARMY, Northern Italy, Nov. 3
Correspondence of The Associated
Press .-Gorizia is a symbol. ''On to
Gorilla, was the cry of the Duke
Of Aosta S soldiers as they pressed
through the little town Of Lucinico a
few months ago, fighting their way
down to the Isonzo river, then across
the western bridge leading to the city,
when the cry changed T. "Gorizia at
LAST
Then a week ago, this was reversed,
when the overwhelming invading force
of Austro-Germans took up the same
cry, son to Gorizia.' pressing down
from the north, across the northern
bridge to the city, and ending with
"Gorizia at last
Thus Gorilla has become a symbol OF
the huge change which has occurred
within the last 10 days. 1t was one OF
the furthest points forward on the
| Italian line, the center of vast arc OF
| hghting front stretching from Plezo
! fer In the north, down to the Adriatic
/ at Montefalcone, and it was the most
| populous and important city in tn.
/ great crescent of territory which tht
| Italian army has sliced off southwest
ern Austria-some 600 square miles il
| all. And 50 Gorilla was symbolic O.
that entire region which has twie1
changed hands in this war, and of Ia,
| furthest advance in the first Italian
campaigns
| visited Gorilla just nine days ago
and saw the city on the eve of it
agony. 1t was the last visit made Their
| by any one outside the military befor
the retreat began. The roar of tn
great Austro- German offensive had al
ready begun, though for the moment i
was taken for spasmodic cenewal 0
the cannouade which has been ooin,
1 on FOR weeks Within "a hours tn
enemy had crossed the Isonzo Is mile
further north, turned the Italian lef
wing. beaten back the second army III
der General Capello, threatened to Ell
velop the third army under the Duk
of Aosta, brother of the King Of italy
and put in execution that gigantic ham
mer stroke by which he hoped to fiji
ish Italy and cripple the whole en-
tcnte
The visit was made by invitation o
the supreme command, with Il stat
editor from headquarters as escort. A
we sped along the road in the big arm
automobile, | noticed there were II
troops along the road and borderin
fields, as one secs them on approachln
Eerdun or on the Somme or Flanders
This absence Of troops in the rear va
part of the system adopted, 1t was {,
planned. All the reprovisioning Of tn
army was done at night, and the road
were left clear by day most of tn
time.
| Ten miles out we crossed the Italian
Austrian frontier and entered Austri:
The frontier was marked by an empt
river, as the mountain current had ru
dry. There were scrub trees along til
banks, and our escort noted the stranp
fact that bears were numerous in thes
parts and back to the Julian Alps Nea
: the frontier bridge was a party of so
diers going home for two weeks leav
They looked very happy and were quit
unconscious of the escape they WEI
making from the crash to occur a fe
hours later
The cannonade began to be heard fl
the first time 10 miles west of Gorizi
"a low rumble to the north and cas-
with now and then the muffied boom {
great gun. Day by day the fire W;
getting heavier, said our escort, WI
knew the ground by heart; and he adj
ed that the enemy forces had been i
creased from 1870 to $50 battalions
As we passed through the town
Lucinico, a far-out suburb of Gorizi
1t was seen to be half destroyed. Alor
the main street ran rows of battert
buildings, with walls half down al
shell holes making ugly gashes. 81