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TTH THE VALIANT ITALIAN ARMIES STEMMING THE AUSTRIAN TIDE ALONG THE PIAVE &IVER
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HERE YOU HAVE the famous Piavo River,
with its bravq defenders in their trenches,
awaiting an Austrian effort to cross tho
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DIRECTLY OVERLOOKING tho Piavc. these Italian soldiers are pmonn- thn trnnns
of General Diaz who took such a heavy toll from the Austrians when they endeav
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DAY IN AND DAY OUT the vigilant Italians awaited the cominjr of
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TO THEIR GREAT SORROW, the Austrians ran afoul of the sturdy trench
system constructed by the soldiers of General Diaz during the lonjr winter
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NOT ALL THE fighting is on the Piave,
for on the heights guarding the Brenta
Valley the Alpine troops are waging an
almost aerial warfare with the Austrians.
DURING THE LULL following.the stoppage of last1 fall's advance of the Austro
Germans every effort was made to strengthen the defenses of-the Piave, as
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ANOTHER VIEW OF THE PIAVE, looking across the river toward the north bank, held by the Austrians, from an' $
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