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The battle-lino does not stop at the Adriatic coast. There,

in the shoal water near Trieste, the Italian Army has called to its aid the Italian and British Navies. Monitors from both Fleets are outflanking the Austrian positions and bombarding Mount Hermada. the kernel of them, from the rear, so that the garrison are under fire from three sides. It is a perfect example of combined naval and military operations. Unhappily, the other end of the enemy lino resting on the North Sea, at the Yser mouth, is not yet receiving the full attentions of our Fleet. In our own grand offensive the Navy has so far played a smaller part than it would desire.

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