。　There　were　big　guns　too　that　passed　in　the　day　drawn　by　tractors；　the　long　barrels　of　the　guns　covered　with　green　branches　and　green　leafy　branches　and　vines　laid　over　the　tractors。　To　the　north　we　could　look　across　a　valley　and　see　a　forest　of　chestnut5　trees　and　behind　it　another　mountain　on　this　side　of　the　river。　There　was　fighting　for　that　mountain　too；　but　it　was　not　successful；　and　in　the　fall　when　the　rains　came　the　leaves　all　fell　from　the　chestnut　trees　and　the　branches　were　bare　and　the　trunks　black　with　rain。　The　vineyards　were　thin　and　bare；　branched　too　and　all　the　country　wet　and　brown　and　dead　with　the　autumn。　There　were　mists　over　the　river