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Baron Hugh Dalton Dalton. With British Guns in Italy: A Tribute to Italian Achievement
With British Guns in Italy: A Tribute to Italian Achievement
Table of Contents
PREFACE
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PREFACE. PART I INTRODUCTORY. CHAPTER I THE ANGLO-ITALIAN TRADITION AND ITALY'S PART IN THE WAR. PART II SOME EARLY IMPRESSIONS. CHAPTER II FROM FOLKESTONE TO VENICE. CHAPTER III FROM VENICE TO THE ISONZO FRONT. CHAPTER IV THE WAR ON THE ISONZO FRONT. CHAPTER V PALMANOVA. CHAPTER VI AQUILEIA AND GRADO. CHAPTER VII A GRAMOPHONE AND A CHAPLAIN ON THE CARSO. CHAPTER VIII A FRONT LINE RECONNAISSANCE. CHAPTER IX AN EVENING AT GORIZIA. CHAPTER X A CEMETERY AT VERSA. CHAPTER XI UDINE. CHAPTER XII THE BRITISH AND THE ITALIAN SOLDIER. CHAPTER XIII I JOIN THE FIRST BRITISH BATTERY IN ITALY. PART III THE ITALIAN SUMMER OFFENSIVE, 1917. CHAPTER XIV THE OFFENSIVE OPENS. CHAPTER XV WE SWITCH OUR GUNS NORTHWARD. CHAPTER XVI THE FALL OF MONTE SANTO. CHAPTER XVII THE CONQUEST OF THE BAINSIZZA PLATEAU. CHAPTER XVIII THE FIGHTING DIES DOWN. CHAPTER XIX A LULL BETWEEN TWO STORMS. PART IV THE ITALIAN RETREAT AND RECOVERY. CHAPTER XX THE BEGINNING OF THE ENEMY OFFENSIVE. CHAPTER XXI FROM THE VIPPACCO TO SAN GIORGIO DI NOGARA. CHAPTER XXII FROM SAN GIORGIO TO THE TAGLIAMENTO. CHAPTER XXIII FROM THE TAGLIAMENTO TO TREVISO. CHAPTER XXIV THOUGHTS AFTER THE DISASTER. CHAPTER XXV FERRARA, ARQUATA AND THE CORNICE ROAD. CHAPTER XXVI REFITTING AT FERRARA. PART V A YEAR OF RESISTANCE AND OF PREPARATION. CHAPTER XXVII IN STRATEGIC RESERVE. CHAPTER XXVIII THE FIRST BRITISH BATTERY UP THE MOUNTAINS. CHAPTER XXIX THE ASIAGO PLATEAU. CHAPTER XXX SOME NOTES ON NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS. CHAPTER XXXI ROME IN THE SPRING. CHAPTER XXXII THE FIFTEENTH OF JUNE, 1918. CHAPTER XXXIII IN THE TRENTINO. CHAPTER XXXIV SIRMIONE AND SOLFERINO. CHAPTER XXXV THE ASIAGO PLATEAU ONCE MORE. PART VI THE LAST PHASE. CHAPTER XXXVI THE MOVE TO THE PIAVE. CHAPTER XXXVII THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST BATTLE. CHAPTER XXXVIII ACROSS THE RIVER. CHAPTER XXXIX LIBERATORI. CHAPTER XL THE COMPLETENESS OF VICTORY. CHAPTER XLI IN THE EUGANEAN HILLS. CHAPTER XLII LAST THOUGHTS ON LEAVING ITALY. LIST OF MAPS
WITH BRITISH GUNS IN ITALY. PART I
INTRODUCTORY. CHAPTER I. THE ANGLO-ITALIAN TRADITION AND ITALY'S PART IN THE WAR
PART II
SOME EARLY IMPRESSIONS. CHAPTER II. FROM FOLKESTONE TO VENICE
CHAPTER III
FROM VENICE TO THE ISONZO FRONT
CHAPTER IV
THE WAR ON THE ISONZO FRONT
CHAPTER V
PALMANOVA
CHAPTER VI
AQUILEIA AND GRADO
CHAPTER VII
A GRAMOPHONE AND A CHAPLAIN ON THE CARSO
CHAPTER VIII
A FRONT LINE RECONNAISSANCE
CHAPTER IX
AN EVENING AT GORIZIA
CHAPTER X
A CEMETERY AT VERSA
CHAPTER XI
UDINE
CHAPTER XII
THE BRITISH AND THE ITALIAN SOLDIER
CHAPTER XIII
I JOIN THE FIRST BRITISH BATTERY IN ITALY
PART III. THE ITALIAN SUMMER OFFENSIVE, 1917. CHAPTER XIV. THE OFFENSIVE OPENS
CHAPTER XV
WE SWITCH OUR GUNS NORTHWARD
CHAPTER XVI
THE FALL OF MONTE SANTO
CHAPTER XVII
THE CONQUEST OF THE BAINSIZZA PLATEAU
CHAPTER XVIII
THE FIGHTING DIES DOWN
CHAPTER XIX
A LULL BETWEEN TWO STORMS
PART IV
THE ITALIAN RETREAT AND RECOVERY. CHAPTER XX. THE BEGINNING OF THE ENEMY OFFENSIVE
CHAPTER XXI
FROM THE VIPPACCO TO SAN GIORGIO DI NOGARA
CHAPTER XXII
FROM SAN GIORGIO TO THE TAGLIAMENTO
CHAPTER XXIII
FROM THE TAGLIAMENTO TO TREVISO
CHAPTER XXIV
THOUGHTS AFTER THE DISASTER
CHAPTER XXV
FERRARA, ARQUATA AND THE CORNICE ROAD
CHAPTER XXVI
REFITTING AT FERRARA
CITTADINI,
CITTADINI,
FELLOW CITIZENS,
FELLOW CITIZENS,
PART V
A YEAR OF RESISTANCE AND OF PREPARATION. CHAPTER XXVII. IN STRATEGIC RESERVE
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE FIRST BRITISH BATTERY UP THE MOUNTAINS
CHAPTER XXIX
THE ASIAGO PLATEAU
CHAPTER XXX
SOME NOTES ON NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
CHAPTER XXXI
ROME IN THE SPRING
CHAPTER XXXII
THE FIFTEENTH OF JUNE, 1918
CHAPTER XXXIII
IN THE TRENTINO
CHAPTER XXXIV
SIRMIONE AND SOLFERINO
CHAPTER XXXV
THE ASIAGO PLATEAU ONCE MORE
PART VI
THE LAST PHASE. CHAPTER XXXVI. THE MOVE TO THE PIAVE
CHAPTER XXXVII
THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST BATTLE
CHAPTER XXXVIII
ACROSS THE RIVER
CHAPTER XXXIX
LIBERATORI
CHAPTER XL
THE COMPLETENESS OF VICTORY
CHAPTER XLI
IN THE EUGANEAN HILLS
CHAPTER XLII
LAST THOUGHTS ON LEAVING ITALY
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Baron Hugh Dalton Dalton
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Coming back we stopped at the foot of a hill on which stands the shell-wrecked monastery of San Grado di Merna, a white ruin gaunt against the darker background of the Nad Logem. Here a new Battery position was being prepared for us, only three hundred yards behind the Austrian front line, but admirably protected by the configuration of the ground from enemy fire. An Italian drilling machine was at work here, operated by compressed air, drilling holes in the rock for the insertion of dynamite charges, and, by means of gradual blasting, gun pits and cartridge recesses and dug-outs were being created in the stubborn rock. Here a heavy thunderstorm broke and we sheltered in the Headquarters of an Italian Field Artillery Brigade, likewise blasted out of the mountain side. I returned with Venosta. I asked him to show me the famous Bersagliere trot, and by way of illustration we doubled along the road for about half a mile. On the British Front the spectacle of two officers thus disporting themselves for no apparent reason would have caused much remark and amusement. But the Italians, whom we passed, seemed to see nothing remarkable in our behaviour. They are, perhaps, more tolerant of eccentricity than we are.
It may be of interest at this point to say a few words about some of the special characteristics of the Italian Army. Every modern Army has adopted a distinctive colour for its war-time uniform, chosen with a view to minimising visibility. Thus we wear khaki, the French horizon-blue, the Germans field-grey. The Italians have adopted an olive colour, commonly spoken of as "grigio-verde," or grey-green.
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