ITALIAN FRONT.
THE ALPINE SECTOR
HOW TROOPS LIVE AND
FIGHT.
I AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASS N.J
(Received ’2. 1u.55 a.m.) London. Feb. 11
Mr. Warner .-Mien, in a despatch, describing the Alpine battle front, 12.000 fvet above the sea, rays : — The Alpine troops scale these heights dailv when the thermometer is far below zero. The blinding blizzards drive the snow through the smallest chinks in the I.ids. and men who leave shelter cannot even bre at ho. All activity during the had weather has been confined to tunnels cut in the snow or glacier ice when the weather is fine. Th- ’roops live in the healthiest cm. <; .ns, the only disease is fro.-t--ter ;••• I fruit are 4 erved to the the -i< < list out <>i loo".
Aerial cable- alone inAe rnoun tain warfare possible, The. oHieen teleph..-ie tor anything required am. it b' supplied 111 a tew hours. Inc best fond i< and ire-h butter and fruit are -edved to v><troop-. P.nt’i the-e tllltits are tillpr.x tira’i.h’ in Mila... t Both sides are . oniyem- i to ;.u.baiul atninuniiinii. an** * :s ; ‘ :e never n-<1 acniii-t i-oiated groups, hence it i- po— iito about in full view t>f tenemy. . The Kina ami t'm ... Mmiw have arrivi.-'l tn the v. ar '/■■nr tmv nr;? vii'iiiiibf tLu «'nd Queen Italv. Albert rind Victor inspected the Trentiuo front trenches and Piave lines.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 51, 12 February 1918, Page 5
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228ITALIAN FRONT. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 51, 12 February 1918, Page 5
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