CRUISERS CAPTURED.
VALUABLE ITALIAN BOOTY AT MONFALCONE. Rome, June 15. It is reported here that one result of the capture of Mon'falcone by the Italians is that tAvo light cruisers, Avhich wero nearly completed in tho dockyard, and a liner have fallen into tho hands of the Italian navy. The entire Garibaldi -family, headed by -Beppino, left Rome to-day to join tho reserve regiments of the Alpine Brigade at Perugia. The oldest volunteer is the sculptor, Signor Cakolari, who is 75, and Avho took part in the battle of Mentanta AA'ith Guiseppo Garibaldi, Avhile at tho La Marmora Barracks, Milan, is Signor Francesco Francesehell, a, veteran of the 1859 and 1866 campaigns, Avho is also enrolled as a private soldier. The eminent Roman artist, Signor Aristidc Sartorio, whose frescoes are known throughout tho Avorld_, Avas captured during one of the earliest skirmishes with the Austrians. Five other members of the patrol managed to escape, but Signor Sartorio-, who loves horses, refused to leave his
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2785, 7 August 1915, Page 3
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164CRUISERS CAPTURED. Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2785, 7 August 1915, Page 3
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