ASTONISHING FEATS OF THE "DAREDEVILS."

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXIX, Issue 3942, 10 July 1918, Page 2

ASTONISHING FEATS OF THE "DAREDEVILS."

VAULT ENTANGLEMENTS AND

USE THE DAGGER,

LONDON, July 8

Italian Arditi, or "Daredevils," performed astounding feats of agility in the closing phase of the battle of the Piave. They adopted a novel method of approaching and-silencing a swarm of machine-guns which was established behind barbed wire. The Daredevils, who carried long, vaultingpoles, made a mighty rush and jumped the obstacles, landing in the rear of the bewildered gunners and priving their daggers into their backs. One Daredevil alone stampeded eight Austrians into the Italian lines under the menace of an uplifted hand-bomb.

One Bei'saglieri company captured a battery of six 4in field mortal's. Another, preceded by Arditi armed with flame-throwers, stormed a factory in the face of 40 machine-guns, blew up a 'munition depot, and took prisoner an entire Austrian command.