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Clearwater Republican
Orofino, Clearwater County, Idaho
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A Vienna commission report blames former Emperor Carl for the Austrian forces' collapse on the Piave River in 1918, citing his issuance of three conflicting armistice orders on November 2 without consultation, possibly driven by fear of troops returning to Vienna.
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Austrian Collapse Charged to Emperor Conflicting War Orders, Says Commission.
Vienna.--Chief blame for the collapse of the Austrian forces on the Piave river, in the Austro-Italian campaign, is placed on the former Emperor Carl by the report of a commission appointed to investigate war delinquencies.
On the fateful November 2, 1918, the report says, the then emperor issued three conflicting orders within a few hours. The first was for the conclusion of an armistice. Forty-five minutes later this was revoked and 95 minutes afterward it was issued again. During this period, it was said, the emperor consulted no one on the matter.
"We must ask," the report says, "whether the emperor and his advisers were not guided by the fear of the army flooding back on Vienna rather than by any other circumstances. It may be, perhaps, not by express intention but rather subconsciously, that the desire prevailed with more than one of these men that the troops had better not return home at all."
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Vienna
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November 2, 1918
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collapse of the austrian forces on the piave river
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Chief blame for the collapse of the Austrian forces on the Piave river, in the Austro-Italian campaign, is placed on the former Emperor Carl by the report of a commission appointed to investigate war delinquencies. On the fateful November 2, 1918, the report says, the then emperor issued three conflicting orders within a few hours. The first was for the conclusion of an armistice. Forty-five minutes later this was revoked and 95 minutes afterward it was issued again. During this period, it was said, the emperor consulted no one on the matter. "We must ask," the report says, "whether the emperor and his advisers were not guided by the fear of the army flooding back on Vienna rather than by any other circumstances. It may be, perhaps, not by express intention but rather subconsciously, that the desire prevailed with more than one of these men that the troops had better not return home at all."