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...first invader to come that way. Hannibal struck from the northwest and many times in the Middle Ages and Renaissance raiders poured through the funnel-like passes that widen and slope downward into Italy. In modern times no Army has invaded France from Italy, but although the Po and its tributaries form a series of defensive positions at which Italians could check invaders who penetrate the mountain barrier, at the western end of the valley lie Turin and, further east, Milan, Italy's chief industrial centres. If they should fall, Italy's war days might be numbered. Italy...
Dictator Benito Mussolini has given this task to the "Army of the Po" under General Ettore Bastico. Its 50,000 men are divided into three corps; "armored" divisions equipped with heavy tanks and mobile artillery; four "swift" divisions of fast tanks and light guns; "motorized" troops which can travel at high speed over open roads. Theoretically, after the armored corps has made a breakthrough, the other divisions will keep the enemy rolling back without an opportunity of reforming its lines...
Italy announced the biggest maneuvers of her history, to be climaxed with a sham "Battle of the Po" in the North. The Fascists made no bones about naming the invader: the French. Lest scheduled naval maneuvers in September heighten the chances for a crisis in that fateful month, Great Britain advanced her fall sea games to August when sailors presumably may play without trepidation...
Harvardab r h po a e Johns, 2b 4 1 1 2 1 1 Gannet, cf 5 2 2 6 0 0 Grondahl, 3b 5 0 1 0 1 0 Lupien, 1b 4 1 2 11 1 0 Hoye, lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 Soltz, lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bacon, lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lovett, lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tully, rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 Fulton, c 4 1 1 7 0 1 Keyes, ss 3 1 1 0 0 2 Heckel...
Playerg ab r h po a e ave. Merrill, 2b 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 .500 Lupien, 1b 17 66 12 27 181 10 4 .409 Johns, 2b, p 17 66 20 26 33 42 3 .394 Gannett, cf 9 37 8 12 14 0 0 .324 Healey, p 10 32 3 9 7 27 2 .283 Fulton, c 16 53 7 15 70 22 9 .281 Tully, lf., rf 17 61 7 16 30 2 1 .262 Soltz, lf 7 16 1 4 6 0 2 .250 Hoye...