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Title: Famous generals of the great war who led the United States and her allies to a glorious victory
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Johnston, Charles Haven Ladd, 1877- (from old catalog)
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 Generals
Publisher: Boston, The Page company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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dred mile front. Austria had promisedher soldiers that this would be the last stroke to putItaly out of the war, but the gigantic offensive metwith no such result. As for General Diaz, it cannot be said that he en-joyed his victory, for although accustomed to the evilsights of battle, so many of his brave soldiers perished,that he felt a great sorrow instead of a great jubilation.Born in Naples, October 4th, 1861, of an old Spanishfamily which had emigrated to Italy with Charles theThird in the 18th Century, this warrior has the bloodof military heroes coursing in his veins. His fatherwas Colonel Ludovico Diaz, of the Eoyal Naval En-gineers, and for several years a director in the ship-yards of Naples, Leghorn, and Venice. The Colonelmarried Baroness Irene Ceconi, and had four children:Signora Ludovica Morelli, wife of Colonel MauricioMorelli; Maria, widow of a Monsieur de Bosa; Cheva-lier Cicorgio Diaz, Boyal Prosecutor in Perugia, andArmando Diaz, the General-in-Chief of the Italian
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ARMANDO DIAZ ARMANDO DIAZ 191 forces. The estimable Colonel Diaz died when young,and his four children were educated by Baron LuigiCeconi, brother of Signora Diaz. Young Armando Diaz had a youth similar to thatof most Italian boys. He grew up rather wildly untilhe was sent to the College of Annunziatella at Naples —the oldest military institution in all of Italy. But hedid not remain here, and in 1878 entered the militaryAcademy at Turin. He was graduated as a SecondLieutenant of Artillery in 1881. Italy was peaceful at the time so the young soldiersaw no active service. He served for several years inthe 10th Regiment of Artillery, and in 1889 becameCaptain of the First Regiment. He then entered theWar School at Turin, and, after two years of study,joined the General Staff. He was promoted to theposition of Colonel in 1911. Shortly after this he saw real fighting, for Italy hada war with the Turks, upon the northern coast of Africa.The cause of this war was, of course, territorial e

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