Item 59: Internment camp diary, November 1917-August 1918 - Page 24

<p>[Page 24]</p><p>The last few days have brought us fabulous news from a military point of view. A masterfully planned and executed German attack in the vicinity of G&atilde;rz [Gorizia] has put one Italian army after another to flight, and in remarkably short time, too. They have already captured 180,000 prisoners and 1500 cannons and still the Italians are retreating. After this giant success surely the Allies will come to their senses and realise that a peace agreement would be more advantageous. Like Russia, Italy will now be militarily sidelined for a long time to come. The cheering here in camp was enormous and even the pessimists turned optimists.</p><p>30th/11/17.<br />In Russia, everything is topsy-turvy. Kerensky and his cabinet have not survived the latest military defeats. He has fled and the Bolsheviks have now assumed power, that is, their leaders Lenin and Trotsky have, instituting a 2nd Reign of Terror, like in the French Revolution of 1789. The slaughter is said to be enormous, and not just among the nobility,</p>