TJE ITALIAN RETREAT.
CONDUCTED IN GOOD ORDER. i LONDON, Nov. 3. Though tlite war correspiondents at the Italian front jure not yet permitted to disclose the detcUils of the Italian retreat, the latest accoun Is show that the movement was conducted in remarkably good order, despite the prjodigioua task of withdrawing nearly a million men.. The roads were utterly congested, but (apart from the inevitable confuhion there was no serious disordcr. The , military ; and civilian traffic moved slowly along tli) roads, torrents of rain adding to their dfiscorn forts and difficulty. The vast majority suffered acutely from hunger and fatigue. LONDON, Nov. 3. A window German official .message says: Italian prisoners now number 200,000 and the guns captured 1800. _ Attacks on the eastern l>a.nk of the Tagliamento compelled the Italian brigades still holding out to retire or surrender. The left, bank of the river, from the Fetta Valley to Pasat ic, is'free of the enemy.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1013, 5 November 1917, Page 5
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