GALLANT FIGHT BY ITALIAN DESTROYER.
BAN INTO MAIN AUSTRIAN FLEET.
COMMANDER REMAINS ON HIS SHIP TO THE END. (Received May 31, 1.15' a.m.) London, May 30. Mr. Martin Donohue, the Daily Chronicle war correspondent, telegraphing from Rome reports that the , Italian destroyer Turbine was pursuing the enemy's fleeing v ships. . ' She soon out-distanced her ' consort and ran right into the main Austrian fleet. The Italian commander faced an enormously superior force.. He abandoned the pursuit and steamed away. She was chased and overtaken by three Austrian destroyers. The Italian gunners were outmatched, and the Turbine wap shattered. As she was sinking the commander called his crew, and after thanking them for their efforts, embraced the flag and bade them save themselves. The decks were then awash. It was only when the Turbine was disappearing that the commander, shouting, "Viva l'ltr.lia." flung himself into the sea. He was ultimately rescued.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15931, 31 May 1915, Page 8
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