THE ITALIAN RETREAT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14446, 5 November 1917, Page 3

THE ITALIAN RETREAT.

A PRODIGIOUS TASK

WITHDRAWING NFJARLY A MIL- : i i7LIO!tf MEN V '"; pp ,HOW ENEMY WAS AItOWEfD TO ! '' PIERCE THE CENTRE. '

(Australian and NiZ. Cable Asoociatlom . LONDON, Nov. 3. - ! ' ■ -nipugh' war correspondent's on' the - 'Italiajri front aii!*e hot yet' permitted to I 'disclose details of the Itiilian retreat,---r j tlie; latest' acdouiits show .tl^at the move--ineht''was"conducted "iii remarkably good * -. orofei', despite the prodigious task of * withdi*a*.ving, ncaa*iy ;a ymillibri . miin. , The riiads ' were* utterly congested,) * but apart from inevitable confusion tlicre j - iras.no serious disorder. ; P' '■'■■ ■ L. '. Military .--and civilian -traffic moved ■ slowly' along the roads,' ton-enfe of 'rain i addirig- discomfort to difliculty. A vast I j majority i[uffered a,cutely -from hunger * i and! fatigue, .y -■ .*' ¥ i , .The .'Daily Telegraph's Milan corres- - pendent says the. Italian -publio is. grad- ! uaillyuealising the extent of tiie disaster,. 3 end; .tlhei'e is a giwvmg .'determihatioh to i resist; the invasion. -• 7-" : J'.. ; > , • Signor . Giolletti, leader of the liai-gest fpoliUcal growpy.has offered-whole-heart-ed .cp^ojiei-aftion to the^new .XSovernment. ! , The yiuiiyei-sities of -Padua " and Pavia . eloquently appeal to stiffen 1 the national i spiri^ against an jnyasion- by .barbarians. MS* W^-rd. Price stajbfs^ati tho.,prin- . ( cipaV.pajise "of the Italian, -retreat... was tha*' a section of c , thp! trpqps.wras, .diisaffect^! by. Gerihari peace, propaga!iida...a.nd iPP^d' '■''"*;" ggasp s into, the. ..heart, ,of the •*• ItahaTi'deifeno^,, cutting oif. the surround!ihg;' strohg inoiiiitain .positions .beyond ;the7river,y;and7n«!essi^ting; the, withdra*u*al of the whole Isonzo army^ The Carso. army Vas cOnipelled to. follow, Tas if 'it. had delayed its retiremeiit a single hour it wouldV liaA*© 'ibqen iiirretrievablv '"to&'P, . P'' P.', . P'P PPPP ■ .!'.., ," ! °Mt(ily civilians joii^d the^^^iy m re'trfcati""' aiid . all "riiaainer of ; vehicles, were 'mixed; baggagie \tfagg;6tii}' and. army im!pedinienta blockipg v the roads, for miles, 'while 'the' railways' wei'e blocked with ■'trarh's. 1 . ; - u; - . N--'^ ! y- "-yy* , ... - y.Theeiiemy rapidly." i'followed the retreat, his patrols ocbirpyipg; Udihe at 7 o'clock on Sunday night and burn ii& the Civil^iel;' %he Grand Priscay and ;novas ■> j ■- ■"• •■•.■■ --p- ■ .-'■- i i The Germans* tried to risli th^ TagliatnieritoJbridgey^n' .■Saturday niojht. but ftoodedt'-streaht ; "defeated them, 'swefeping number's away. ' The Italians wiped out those who sucxeeded m trOfeing. Pp ::'v :; - -