Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-01-08 | Page 2 | How Garibaldi Met His Death

HOW GARIBALDI MET HIS DEATD Brave Young Officer Falls in Attempt to Aid His Comrades. Pans, Ian B, l:4o a. m Constan-tine Constan-tine Garibaldi, the second of the grandsons ol the Italian patriot to die in the fighting in France, was killed during an attack on a series of three Uermun trenches. The story' of how he met his death is told by his brother. bro-ther. Captain Ricciotti Garibaldi. After mines bad been laid and exploded, ex-ploded, according to Captain Garibaldi's Garibal-di's story, the regiment of Italian volunteers rushed forward shouting "Viva Trieste.'' They captured the first two trenches without difficulty but the third trench was a more dif-i dif-i iciiil proposit ion bid nr. si pa rat ed from the others by about 100 yards of open ground and commanded hv a hill. Notwithstanding this, the Garibaldi-ans Garibaldi-ans stormed the trench, but the Germans Ger-mans delivered a fierce counter attack i and the position of the Italian volunteers volun-teers became difficult Colonel PepplBo Carihaldi. the com-mander com-mander ordered the regiment to fall back, and Constantino, who commanded command-ed the reserves in the second trench, went forward to aid his comrades. Almost immediately he was struck In the neck by a bullel which Severed tli carotid artors and ho fell within n few yards of where hla in-other Iep-pino Iep-pino was atanding.