CHAPTER VIII A FRONT LINE RECONNAISSANCE CHAPTER IX AN EVENING AT GORIZIA CHAPTER X A CEMETERY AT VERSA CHAPTER XI UDINE CHAPTER XII THE BRITISH AND THE ITALIAN SOLDIER CHAPTER XIII I JOIN THE FIRST BRITISH BATTERY IN ITALY PART III THE ITALIAN SUMMER OFFENSIVE, 1917 CHAPTER XIV THE OFFENSIVE OPENS CHAPTER XV WE SWITCH OUR GUNS NORTHWARD CHAPTER XVI THE FALL OF MONTE SANTO CHAPTER XVII THE CONQUEST OF THE BAINSIZZA PLATEAU CHAPTER XVIII THE FIGHTING DIES DOWN CHAPTER XIX A LULL BETWEEN TWO STORMS PART IV THE ITALIAN RETREAT AND RECOVERY CHAPTER XX THE BEGINNING OF THE ENEMY OFFENSIVE CHAPTER XXI FROM THE VIPPACCO TO SAN GIORGIO DI NOGARA CHAPTER XXII FROM SAN GIORGIO TO THE TAGLIAMENTO CHAPTER XXIII FROM THE TAGLIAMENTO TO TREVISO CHAPTER XXIV THOUGHTS AFTER THE DISASTER CHAPTER XXV FERRARA, ARQUATA AND THE CORNICE ROAD CHAPTER XXVI REFITTING AT FERRARA PART V A YEAR OF RESISTANCE AND OF PREPARATION CHAPTER XXVII IN STRATEGIC RESERVE CHAPTER XXVIII THE FIRST BRITISH BATTERY UP THE MOUNTAINS CHAPTER XXIX THE ASIAGO PLATEAU CHAPTER XXX SOME NOTES ON NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS CHAPTER XXXI ROME IN THE SPRING CHAPTER XXXII THE FIFTEENTH OF JUNE, 1918 CHAPTER XXXIII IN THE TRENTINO CHAPTER XXXIV SIRMIONE AND SOLFERINO CHAPTER XXXV THE ASIAGO PLATEAU ONCE MORE PART VI THE LAST PHASE CHAPTER XXXVI THE MOVE TO THE PIAVE CHAPTER XXXVII THE BEGINNING OF THE LAST BATTLE CHAPTER XXXVIII ACROSS THE RIVER CHAPTER XXXIX LIBERATORI CHAPTER XL THE COMPLETENESS OF VICTORY CHAPTER XLI IN THE EUGANEAN HILLS CHAPTER XLII LAST THOUGHTS ON LEAVING ITALY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Italian Troops Crossing a Snowfield in the Trentino Railway Bridge over the Isonzo Wrecked by Austrian Shell Fire Italian Mule Transport on the Carso No. 3 Gun of the First British Battery in Italy Casa Girardi and Italian Huts Some of Our Battery Huts near Casa Girardi The Eastern Portion of The Asiago Plateau Road Behind Our Battery Position Leading to Pria Dell' Acqua Chapel at San Sisto and Italian Graves Huts on a Mountain Side in the Trentino Lorries Leaving Asiago after Its Liberation Captured Austrian Guns in Val D'Assa LIST OF MAPS Map of Northern Italy Map of the Isonzo Front Map of Val Brenta and the Asiago Plateau * * * * * WITH BRITISH GUNS IN ITALY PART I INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER I THE ANGLO-ITALIAN TRADITION AND ITALY'S PART IN THE WAR