FIGHT ON PRECIPICE.
LIFE AND DEATH COMBAT. A TEB&JtimE struggle on a mountain near a precipice of 3000 ft, has taken place on; the south slopes of the Bernina range, between an Itaban officer and a private. An Italian Customhouse patrol, nnder the command of lieutenant Roccia, was visiting the Alpine posts in the Valteline on the Swiss frontier, when the officer had to reprimand a soldier named Geli. This man determined to have i-eveoagc. When the patrol was away on other duty, Celi attacked his officer on a lonely Alpine pass, and attempted to throw him over the precipice. A long struggle followed, the men being of about equal strength and unarmed. The officer, to save his life, bit through an artery in the wrist of his subordinate, .who collapsed, owing to the less of blood. Soon afterwards the patrol arrived and carried Celi to a hospital Jn . the: valley where he recovered. The military court which tried the case at Milan, took into consideration the sufferings and former good conduct of the soldier, and above all the refusal of his officer-victim., to prosecute, and sentenced Celt to six months' imprisonment.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15269, 5 April 1913, Page 2 (Supplement)
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FIGHT ON PRECIPICE.
New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15269, 5 April 1913, Page 2 (Supplement)
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