A call to Italians to buy war bonds to help fund the powerful weapons needed for the last push to Trieste, a mere 25 kilometers from the Italian front lines. It pays 5%, after all, tax free, for an effective rate of 5.55%!
La Banca d'ItaliaRiceve e agevola le sottoscrizionial Prestito Consolidato 5% nettoEsente da imposte presenti & futureReddito Effettivo 5,55 per centoItaliani!I nostri avamposti sono a 25 Km da Trieste — date loro armi potenti per l'ultimo sbalzo, sottoscrivendo al Prestito Nazionale Consolidato 5%.The Bank of ItalyReceives and facilitates subscriptionsBorrowing 5% Consolidated NetExempt from present and future taxes5.55 percent effective incomeItalians!Our outposts are 25 Km from Trieste - give them powerful weapons for the last rush, by subscribing to the National 5% Loan Consolidation.
"Amid the routine slaughter, 18 November [1915] marked a turning point: the Italians shelled Gorizia for three hours. This was the start of 'total war' on the Isonzo. Until now, both sides had mostly refrained from targeting civilians — though Austrian ships and planes had shelled several Adriatic cities in May 1915. . . ."
Italian Commander-in-Chief Luigi Cadorna's Fourth Battle of the Isonzo followed on the heels of the Third. The Austro-Hungarian border city of Gorizia (Görz) lay on the Isonzo River. Half its population of 31,000 had fled, replaced by thousands of Austro-Hungarian troops. The Fourth and last of 1915's Battles of the Isonzo began on November 10.
The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front, 1915-1919 by Mark Thompson, page 133, copyright © 2008 Mark Thompson, publisher: Basic Books, publication date: 2009
1915-11-18, 1915, November, Gorizia, Isonzo, Battle of the Isonzo, Battles of the Isonzo, Cadorna, Luigi Cadorna, Gorizia, Isonzo River
