Italy At War
ITALY AT WARPART I WAITING FOR WARI. FRENCH FUSS August 1914-April 1915The Great War found me in the South of France.I venture to offer a few sharp impressions for comparison with its natural consequence, the Italian War.At first it was not regarded as by any means a certain consequence that Italy would take the civilised side. Timid tourists began to pack up their trunks in every Swiss hotel in the peninsula, being reminded in guttural tones by gilded hall-porters that there was a scrap of pape
...r called the Triple Alliance. My friend, McPeevish, the captain of a tramp steamer, was at Naples and had serious doubts about the possibility of getting away with his cargo of coal. The consular and diplomatic services could give him no clues: he must act on his own responsibility-in other words, trust to luck. So he conveyed passengers to Malta and lent himself to the British government, with satisfactory results for himself and his owners.My innkeeper at Villefranche-sur-mer tAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the difficult to read text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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