The Italian fleet entered the port of Trieste with all flags firing. The Austrian authorities had cleared out seme days previously, and there was no resistance to the landing of troops, the populace welcoming the Italians with the greatest enthusiasm. Three battalions of soldiers disembarked amidst cheers, and marched through the city streets, while a number of [?] unloaded flour and foodstuffs for the benefit of the people, who had been on short commons for a long time. The old town. built on the slope of a sleep hill, is distinguished by [?] narrow. [?]eets and bloc [?] new town. or Theresienstadt, with broad rectangular streets and handsome houses, occupies the plain that honts the sea. Trieste has a very fine harbour. Population before the war was about 240,000. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), Wed 13 Nov 1918, Page 12
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