PRAYING BRIGANDS.
A BATTLE NEAR MILAN. HETREAT TO THE MOUNTAINS. (Times ana Sydney Stin Services.) ROiLE. June 2S. A band of brigands has held the district adjoining Miian in a state of per-1 petual terror for the past four years. A ' squadron of tin- earabinieri suddenly confruiited the band in a forest yesterday. A tierce Hfilit followed, the bri'jrands Ih'ially retreatiiiff to the r ,. c( of the mountains after shooting the leader of the' carbineers. In un adjacent protto the soldiers found a large >tr.iv <,f provisions sent as tribute by the neighbouring villages. N>veral cruciflxes and prayer hooks suggested that the handits had been diiturbed wJiilc at their devotions.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 154, 30 June 1914, Page 5
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