HUNGARIAN BATTALION ANNIHILATED IN MOUNTAINS.
SURPRISE ATTACK FORESTALLS*) BY ALPINE TROOPS.
ENEMY SURROUNDED WITH RING OF BAYONETS.
(BfifeWed Juno 20, 5 p.m.)
Rome, June 10.
Details of the annihilation of a Hungarian battalion in the Monte. Nero region show that the Hungarians climbed the Viata mountain, hoping to outflank the Italian position. Italian Alpine troops, creeping through the undergrowth, withheld their fire until the enemy were at close range, when they poured a ram of bullets into the Hungarian ranks and sprang forward with their bayonets fixed. The enemy, terrified and confused, tried to escape, but found Alpine troops on every side. The entire battalion was killed or taken prisoner.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15949, 21 June 1915, Page 7
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