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Translations of the leaflets reproduced in the preceding pages follow:—

Leaflet No. 1 (between pages 48 and 49).

Map representing the great offensive of the Allies, with the results achieved from August 9th to September 1st:—

In the offensive from July 15th to August 31st the Allies captured 140,000 Germans (2,674 of whom were officers), 2,500 guns, 1,734 Flamethrowers, 13,783 machine guns, together with a huge amount of other war material.

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Leaflet No. 2 (between pages 48 and 49).

The "Agenzia Stefani" announces officially:—

"By a decree of the Ministerial Council on September 8th the Home (Italian) Government has informed the Allied Governments that it regards the Jugoslav movement for obtaining independence and the formation of a free State as a principle for which the Allies are fighting, and as a condition of a just and lasting peace."

The Governments of the Allied States have replied that they have received with satisfaction this declaration of the Italian Government.

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By this historic and fateful declaration Italy has set up the following war-aim: The destruction of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy such as it is to-day, and upon its ruins the establishment of an independent State of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes.

This noble decree of hers is accepted by all our Allies.

The part which Italy has been assigned by history has been manifested to-day more strongly than ever. She is the protector of the weak, the bearer of freedom and of the ideal for which the Allies have been fighting for four years. The aim of the 237