Twenty-Five Years Ago
Russia's success in the Carpath- i ians ions attributed chiefly to the ? brilliant daring of the artillery, j which went in front with the in- j fantry. ? Many of the Austrian troops * were compelled to surrender j through hunger and exhaustion, t and were in a pitiable state. 1 Typhus and dysentery were also ? ravaging the Austrian ranks. J Venetian authorities were said j to be removing art treasures to J Florence as a precautionary meas - j ure against a j possible bombard- i ment by the Austrians. | Recent reports of a naval bat- f tie in the North Sea were con- j sidered to have arisen from the t sound of firing caused by the | British Fleet at target practice. f The fear that Austria might sue | for peace, and • thus render Italian • intervention nugatory caused the ? Italian War Party to urge im- » mediate action, so that she might t not be denied the advantages of j a winning combatant. •
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Northern Advocate, 12 April 1940, Page 4
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