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Show m a King of Italy Risks His Life on Piig Line When Horse Is Wounded He Mounts Another and Leads Victorious Victor-ious Charge Undine, Italy, Oct. fl. King Victor Emmanuel recently had n narrow escape es-cape from death or serious Injury, by lihcllfiro while closo to tho tiring lino at tho front. Tho kliif, desiring to nsslst lu tho direction of operations, wns proceeding proceed-ing toward tho front on horseback, laving loft his automohllo becauso of tho lack of a road. Ho rodo In among his troops, although he hnd been warned that tho Austrian projectiles pro-jectiles wero claiming a number of victims. As ho passed a certain point a chell exploded so near to him that splinters or shrapnel struck nnd Injured In-jured his horso. Ho called for another an-other horso exclaiming: "Hero wo must win or dlo." Then ho rodo In again among tho troops who with 1 shouts of Savoy! took tho Austrlnn rosltion by storm. I On another occnslon when near Monto Nero ho passed a small do- 'mchmont that wns exposed to bombardment bom-bardment by tho Austrlnns rrom a mountain cpposlto tho position. Tho king stoliped his automobile nnd Inquired In-quired whether there hnd been nny casunltlos On being Informed that j only one. gunner hnd been slightly j wounded tho king drovo on. Tho royal automohllo was scarcely scarce-ly out of sight when tho Austrian artillery hro wns resumed, n largo bhell falling on tho exact spot where t;io king had stopped, tho explosion tearing a hole several yards deep. Tho klnt? hearing tho Bonnt of tho bombardment returned to tho sceno nnd photographed tho smoking cavity cav-ity where tho automohllo had Just Mood. |
