42 WOUNDS.
MUSSOLINI IN WAR-TIME. DIVINE PROTECTION CLAIMED. (fit CABLK-PB2SS ASSdcIAIiOK-COFTMOirr.) (AUSTBALIAK AND N.J. CABLE ASBOCUTIOK.) (Received January 16th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, January 15. "1 beliovo I have faced more than tl.o number of attempts on his life ai.igned to any man. It is 'business as; usual' withmc On such occasions. Mv first thought is always to allay anxiety and to ensure continuity or government," says Signor Mussolini, in a final Press article. As proof that a benign spirit is protecting him, Signor Mussolini recalls that in" wartime he was in hospital suffering from 42 hand grenade wounds, "The Austrians begin a week's aeroplane and artillery bombardment ofthe hospital. Wounded men rolled from their beds, but the shells took toll of the lot, and I remained helpless in -bed, but Was at last carried out, the solo survivor, after poven days of the most terrifying experience of my life."
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18901, 17 January 1927, Page 11
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