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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from War and the Future by H. G. Wells: Adige valley and Lake Garda.
The legitimate war, so to speak, in this region is a
mountaineering war. The typical position is roughly as follows.
The Austrians occupy valley A which opens northward; the Italians
occupy valley B which opens southward. The fight is for the
crest between A and B. The side that wins that crest gains the
power of looking down into, firing into and outflanking the
positions of the enemy valley. In most cases it is the Italians
now who are pressing, and if the reader will examine a map of the
front and compare it with the official reports he will soon
realise that almost everywhere the Italians are up to the head of
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