, and
the toll taken by it of allied ships was a heavy one. It was seen that
the transfer of German vessels to the flag of Italy and their use by
the Allies would do much toward relieving the congestion of goods at
American docks which were awaiting shipment to the allied countries.
The loot of German vessels then in Italian ports and their tonnage
formed a formidable total. They were as follows: At Ancona, _Lemnos_,
24,873 tons; at Bari, _Waltraute_, 3,818; at Cagliari, _Spitzfels_,
5,809; at Catania, _Lipari_, 1,539; at Genoa, _Hermesburg_, 2,824,
_Koenig Albert_, 10,484, _Moltke_, 12,325, _Prinz-Regent Luitpold_,
6,595; at Girgenti, _Imbros_, 2,380; at Leghorn, _Amalfi_, 1,756,
_Termini_, 1,523; at Licata, _Portfino_, 1,745; at Naples, _Bayern_,
8,000, _Marsala_, 1,753, _Herania_, 6,455; at Palermo, _Algier_,
3,127, _Catania_, 3,000, _Tunis_, 1,833; at Savona, _Bastia_, 1,527;
at Syracuse, _Albany_, 5,882, _Ambria_, 5,143, _Barcelona_, 5,465,
_Katterturm_, 6,018, _Mudros_, 3,137, _Sigmaringen_, 5,710, _Italia_,
3,498; at Venice, _Samo_, 1,922, _Volos_, 1,903; at Massowah,
_Aspemfell_, 4,361, _Borkum_, 5,645, _Choising_, 1,657, _Christian X_,
4,956, _Ostmark_, 4,400, _Persepolis_, 5,446, _Segovia_, 4,945, and
_Sturmfels_, 5,660. All these were at the end of February, 1916, put
into the service of the Allies, compensating in some degree for the
losses suffered by each of these nations from mines and the deadly
submarine.

CHAPTER L

RENEWED ATTACKS--ITALY'S SITUATION AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH, 1916

During the month of February, 1916, the war on the Italian front
continued with bitterness but without decisive result. Early in the
month the Austrians attacked the heights of Oslavia northwest of
Gorizia, capturing 1,200 men and several trenches. Several days later
the Italians achieved some results after weeks of hammering in the
Sugana Valley. They captured the mountainous region of Collo and also
occupied the towns of Roncegno and Romchi. By this new acquisition of
territory the Italians came almost within striking distance of one of
their chief objectives in the war--the city of Trent--which lies,
protected on the northeast and north by a line of forts, fifteen miles
west of the conquered terrain. Meanwhile several aerial attacks, which
had been fitfully chronicled since the beginning of the war, brought
anxiety to the coast towns of Italy. Venice with its arsenal was
visited more than once. In February, 1