Photograph from Comando Supremo, Italian Army 



ITALIAN SOLDIERS PROVIDED WITH SKIS MARCHING FORWARD AND UP 



The difficulty of proceeding over the snow-covered mountain trails is shown by the step 

 of the men in the rear. This photograph was taken in April, when the snow had been soft- 

 ened by the warmer rays of the sun and the path made almost impassable by the slush. 



BEHIND THE LINKS DURING AN ATTACK 



My life here seems a dream, and will 

 always seem a dream when I look back 

 upon it. I have been motoring today 

 over the country recently devastated by 

 shells, visiting some recreation huts es- 

 tablished here by an English woman. 

 Poor, miserable places they are : but all 

 there is just at present in this district, 

 and consequently much appreciated. 



The cold north wind, so dreaded in 

 this part of the world, has been blowing 

 cruelly across this desert country all day. 

 The artillery is firing thunderously and 



the Austrian searchlights lit up the sky 

 last night. In this little town there has 

 been comparative quiet for the last few 

 days, but a strange, busy movement is be- 

 ginning again today. Camions and mules 

 pass and pass, and I am told we are to 

 attack again. We arrived in the midst 

 of one attack and it was indeed a won- 

 derful experience. The traffic on the 

 streets, the sound of the big guns, the 

 prisoners being brought in, and then, 

 after it was all over, the troops returning 

 to rest back of the line, told eloquently 

 of the happenings in the trenches. 



M. and I and four officers spent a 



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