THE ITALIAN DEFENCE.
SITUATION MORE HOPEFUL,
GALLANT GRENADIER GIANTS. ■ "(The Times.) . LQNDON. I|ovember 7. I*he. Times ';f corresp6hdeiifr at*' Italian headquarters reports:— '*• Tlie situation' is grave, but more hopeful, because order has been restored and troops are reaching the new lines. The enemy*>pi'essure cohtinues strong on the right,- centre. ..and left. A brigade'); of tljo Piedmonte Grenadiers, all over,, si* 'feet, made a gallant stand m an attempt to stem the advancing hosts. Under heavy shrapnel fire, they- emptied, their cartridge belts, and then hulled .bbiiibs, and, when their last' officer was dead, charged their bayonets, and fought with their clubbed .rifles ytill not a single giant grenadier was Igf't alive. V .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14450, 9 November 1917, Page 3
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