LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE
The Author in San Martino del Carso[Frontispiece]
During the entire day the onward march continued[11]
Rugged and threatening, visible for miles around, is the frowning pinnacle of bare rock known as Monte Nero[26]
It meant practically scaling a cliff of rock[38]
A rude altar of rough boxes was set up[50]
The King appeared indefatigable and was out and about in all weathers[62]
Along the big military highway constructed by Napoleon[74]
As he whirled past in the big car[88]
The whole region was positively alive with warlike energy[100]
A very useful-looking Nordenfeldt quick-firer mounted on the fore-deck[112]
Before us stretched the broad valley of the Adige[124]
On one of the worst portions we passed a gang of peasant women carrying barbed wire up to the trenches[136]
One would have liked to spend an indefinite time in these scenes of warlike activity[148]
But nothing had stopped the rush of the Italians[160]
And came up with reinforcements hurrying forward[172]
The least severely wounded occupants jumped out of the wagon[186]
And day by day one heard of minor successes in Trentino[198]
The object of this being to hide movements of troops and convoys[210]
Two infantry regiments, the 11th and 12th, forded and swam across the river [222]
The soldiers round us now began to move forward, and we were practically carried up the gully with them[234]
I was fortunate enough to get some interesting sketches of the cavalry crossing the river under fire[246]
The only difficulty the officers experienced was in getting them to advance with caution[258]
They came racing across the stretch of “No Man’s Land”[270]
A grey-haired officer of medium height, whom I immediately recognized as the Generalissimo, was reading an official document[283]
To advance through the jungle called for all the cool, disciplined courage of the Italian soldier[291]