ITALY.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 February 1918, Page 5

ITALY.

ALPINE BATTLE FRDMT. , TEMPERATURE FAR BELOW ZERO. BOVAL VISIT TO PIAVE LINESLondon, Feb- 11. . Mr. Warner Allen, in a despatch de- ■ .bribing the Alpine baU'e-front 1-2,090 ieftH)to\c the sea, rxiys tliat tlie Alpine - , troops scale these heights daily, while the thermometer is f.ir below zero and Winding ; blizzards drive the snow through tlie smallest chinks in the huts. Moil who leave >be!ter cannot even breathe, (mil all artivit.- during the bad weather ik (onl'med to LiinneU cut in tlie snow or plaeicr it ■?. When the weather is fine, the troops live in tlie heailthiest conditions, and the : only (liscafe is frostbite, (inly five men were on the sick' li<t out of l.fflfl. ASrlal cables «Jo:ie make mountainwarfare possible. Officers telephone for r.nvtl'ling required, and i( is supplied in a tlf* hours. Tlie best food is essential and fresh butter and fruit, which cannot be procured in Milan, are served to the troops Both sides are compelled to husband ammunition and ghcils are never used against, isolated groups, hence it is possible to stroll about in full view of the enemy The King and Queen of Belgium have arrived in the war zone and are visitin« the King and Qncen of Ttalv. King Albert of Belgium and Kinsj Victor of Italy, inspected the Trentino front trencher and the Piave lines.