CAPTURE OF THE FRONTIER
The capture of Gorizia followed a furious battle of the allies in which the concentrated fire of the Italian artillery shattered the powerful bridge head positions of the Austrians on the western bank of the Isonzo, forcing a retirement from the river line. The campaign for the city has covered a period of more than a year, during which time the fighting of more or less violence was practically continuous.
Gorizia is in a basin surrounded on three sides by a ridge of mountains. The Italian advance in the slopes of these superb natural defenses was naturally tedious and slow. First word of the capture of Gorizia, which has sent Rome and all Italy into a frenzy of patriotic joy, was contained in a short bulletin issued this morning at the Win of the Office.
"This morning our troops entered the town of Gorizia," were the words that brought to full staff every flag in Rome.
The city tonight is a wild jubilee. 