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Two Venetian fishing ships meet, brilliant sails spread. On one, beneath Venice's Lion of St. Mark, the words "Adriaticus mare nostrum — the Adriatic, our sea." On the further blue sail, the cross and words "Pax tibi Marce [Evangelista meus] — Peace to you, Mark, my Evangelist." Postcard promoting Italy's VI National Loan for the war, with a quotation from Gabriele D'Annunzio's "La canzone di Mario Bianco": "E' questo, Italia, é questo il tuo fermento e il tuo cemento" And this, Italy, This is your ferment and your foundation. G. d'Annunzio Reverse: "VI° Prestito Nazionale 5% Netto In rendita consolidata emessa a 87.50 per 100 lire nominali Esente da imposte presenti e future. Reddito netto 5.71%" (VIth National Loan 5% equity In a consolidated annuity issued at 87.50 per nominal 100 lira. Current and future tax-free. Net Income 5.71%

Two Venetian fishing ships meet, brilliant sails spread. On one, beneath Venice's Lion of St. Mark, the words "Adriaticus mare nostrum — the Adriatic, our sea." On the further blue sail, the cross and words "Pax tibi Marce [Evangelista meus] — Peace to you, Mark, my Evangelist."
Postcard promoting Italy's VI National Loan for the war, with a quotation from Gabriele D'Annunzio's "La canzone di Mario Bianco":
"E' questo, Italia,
é questo il tuo fermento e il tuo cemento"
And this, Italy,
This is your ferment and your foundation.
G. d'Annunzio

Image text

On one sail, the words, "Adriaticus mare nostrum — the Adriatic, our sea." On the further blue sail, the cross and words "Pax tibi Marce [Evangelista meus] — Peace to you, Mark, my Evangelist."

Quotation from Gabriele D'Annunzio's "La canzone di Mario Bianco":

"E' questo, Italia,

é questo il tuo fermento e il tuo cemento"

And this, Italy,

This is your ferment and your foundation.

G. d'Annunzio

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Friday, June 9, 1916

"Now the Austrian offensive began to weaken, for the Russian successes had compelled the transfer of Austrian troops from the Italian front to the Galician theater of war. This withdrawal enabled the Italians on June 9th to launch a counter offensive. Artillery duels were maintained along the whole front, and the invaders were pushed back in the upper Arsa Valley and along the western slopes of Monte Cengio. On June 10th, an Austrian attack at Monte Lemerle was repulsed with heavy losses. The Italian offensive was livening from the Adige to the Brenta.

On the next day Austrian aeroplanes dropped bombs on the military hospital at Vicenza, and also attacked Venice, Thiere and Mestre with slight damage."

Quotation Context

Austro-Hungarian Commander-in-Chief Conrad von Hötzendorf's Asiago Offensive had shifted the primary Italo-Austro-Hungarian theater of war from the Isonzo River in northeastern Italy to the Trentino in northern Italy on May 15, 1916, surprising the Italians and threatening to drive them from the mountains to the Italian plain, potentially isolating the bulk of the Italian army. In part responding to increasingly urgent pleas from Italy, Russian General Alexsei Brusilov launched his planned offensive on June 4, one month earlier than he had planned. His careful preparations and imaginative tactics were successful, and the Austro-Hungarian defense in Galicia and Bukovina collapsed.

Source

King's Complete History of the World War by W.C. King, page 232, copyright © 1922, by W.C. King, publisher: The History Associates, publication date: 1922

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1916-06-09, 1916, June, Asiago Offensive, Trentino, Venice, bombing, Italian Front, Galicia, Arsa Valley, Arsa, Monte Cengio, Mount Cengio, Monte Lemerle, Mount Lemerle, Adige, Brenta, Vicenza, Thiere