[8] See _Documents Diplomatiques_, published by the Greek Foreign Office, Athens 1917, pp. 60, 61, etc., and R. Recouly _Jonnart_, p. 37. [9] Ultimatum of June 21, 1916. [10] An Italian infantry brigade, commanded by a Brigadier-General or sometimes by a Colonel, comprises two regiments of three battalions each, each battalion of about 1,000 men. [11] An Italian regiment comprises 12 companies (4 per battalion). [12] It should be borne in mind that there was as yet no contact between the Italian forces in Albania and the Allies in Macedonia. Between the two there was a vast mountain area, sparsely inhabited by Albanians, and almost without roads. [13] These names had been given to the positions by the French troops who were first in this area, from supposed resemblance to places in France. [14] Quoted in the _Corziere della Sera_, July 20, 1920. [15] Archibald Hurd: _Italian Sea Power in the Great War_ (Constable, 1918), p. 65. [16] Hurd, _ibid._ [17] By rifles I mean soldiers who habitually use their rifles, viz. the infantry, excluding machine-gunners, men attached to the transport service, etc., who are also armed with rifles. [18] See Appendix A. [19] Military tribunals in the Italian Army are organized on a permanent basis. [20] On the front in Italy the average sector held by a division of two brigades (the 35th had three) was 10,900 metres, but on the Western sectors of that front the troops were spread out very thin, whereas on the Asiago plateau and on the Carso the front of each division was much shorter. After Caporetto the average was reduced to 3,800 metres. [21] Sarrail, _op. cit._ p. 219. [22] Pages 206–7. [23] General Sarrail in his memoirs tries to defend himself by publishing the orders of the French Government, which enjoined on him now an action in Greece, now an offensive on the front; but he does not appear to have put the question in clear language--either one thing or the other; if one was to be carried out he must have no _arrière pensée_ for the other. [24] Sarrail, “La Grèce Vénizéliste,” _Revue de Paris_, December 15, 1919. [25] The regiments of this force were numbered from 1 to 9, but they were always described as National Defence Regiments, to distinguish them from regiments of the regular army having the same numbers. [26] The authorities in the island of Samos were instructed to promise land in Asia Minor to all volunteers, and if that was not enough “a reign of terror must be established.” (Sarrail, _ibid._). [27] Sarrail, _Mon Commandement en Orient_, p. 194. [28] Telegrams sent by General Sarrail between January and May, 1917 (Sarrail, _op. cit._ pp. 231–32). [29] Although the Monarchy was maintained in Greece, the word “Royalist” came to be applied exclusively to followers of the ex-King; his opponents were described as Venizelists or Liberals.