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VOLUME IV
ITALY AT WAR
The King of Italy and the Prince of Wales.ToList
When the Prince was on the Italian front, he asked permission to visita trench which was being heavily shelled. The King bluntly refused. "Iwant no historic incidents here," he remarked dryly.
THE WAR ON ALL FRONTS
ITALY AT WAR
AND THE ALLIES IN THE WEST
BY
E. ALEXANDER POWELL
CORRESPONDENT OF THE "NEW YORK WORLD"
AND NOW CAPTAIN IN THE NATIONAL ARMY
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1919
Copyright, 1917, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
For the assistance they have given me in the preparation of this book,and for the countless kindnesses they have shown me, I am indebted tomany persons in many countries.
His Excellency Count Macchi di Cellere, Italian Ambassador to theUnited States; Signor Giuseppe Brambilla, Counsellor of Embassy;Signor A. G. Celesia, Secretary of Embassy; his Excellency ThomasNelson Page, American Ambassador to Italy, and the members of hisstaff; Signor Tittoni, former Italian Ambassador to France; Signor deMartino, Chef du Cabinet of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; hisExcellency Signor Scialoje, Minister of Education; Professor AndreaGalante, Chief of the Bureau of Propaganda; Colonel Barberiche andCaptain Pirelli of the Comando Supremo, and Signor Ugo Ojetti, incharge of works of art in the war zone, all have my grateful thanksfor the [vi]exceptional facilities afforded me for observation on theItalian front.
His Excellency M. Jusserand, French Ambassador to the United States,General Nivelle, General Gouraud, and General Dubois; Monsieur HenriPonsot, Chief of the Press Bureau, and Professor Georges Chinard,Chief of the Bureau of Propaganda of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;Commandant Bunau-Varilla and the Marquis d'Audigné all helped to makethis the most interesting and instructive of my many visits to theFrench front.
To General Jilinsky, commanding the Russian forces in France, and toColonel Romanoff, his Chief of Staff, I am grateful for the courtesiesextended to me while on the Russian front in Champagne.
Lord Northcliffe, who on innumerable occasions has shown himself afriend, Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of Blockade