Austria's Natural Citadels 



Austrian outposts watching the movements of Italian troops. Imagine the difficulty of 

 storming this spot! Yet the Italians are every day attacking a seemingly impregnable 

 mountain top. The suffering on both sides in the Alpine campaign is terrible, for the cold 

 in the high altitudes is most penetrating, and snow-storms sweeping through the mountains 

 cause the loss of many lives in both the contending armies 



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