BRUSH WITH BRIGANDS
FIERCE FIGHT NEAR MILAN.
SOLDIERS SURPRISkMNDITS
RETREAT OF THE OUTLAWS.
Times ind Sydney Sub 3ervices. (Received June 29. 5.20 p.m.)
Rome, June 28. A band of brigands has held the district adjoining Milan in a state' of perpetual terror for the past four years. A squadron of tho carabinieri suddenly confronted the band in a forest yesterday.. A fierce fight followed, the brigands finallyretreating to tho recesses of ' the mountains after shooting the leader of the carbineers.
In an adjacent grotto the soldiers found a large store of provisions sent as tribute by the neighbouring villages.
Several crucifixes and prayer books suggested that the bandits had been disturbed while at their devotions.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 156, 30 June 1914, Page 7
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