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Show ) 'Armorecl Motor Cars in Most ( Thrilling Experiences of War 111 ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN ITALY, Tuesday, Nov. 13. Wrijr (By the Associated Press.) A sec-Vw sec-Vw Hon of Italian armored motor cars, i each of which mounts three quick W flrers in the turrets, is just back from I . one or the most thrilling experiences of , the war. The duty to which thesecars I ! were assigned was to hold the brfdgcs I from the Tagliamento to the Piave rtv- ers until the cavalry rear guards. had. I passed across, and then to burn the bridges behind them. The commander and a number of his men were seen by tho correspondent at their camp, where they recounted their experiences experienc-es as though they were every-day 'occurrences. 'oc-currences. Huge cars resembling tanks stood-about stood-about showing the scars received in he recent ordeal. They have heavily Armored bodies. There is n steel door and for observation purposes two small openings are provided. The two turrets tur-rets above revolve, the upper one having hav-ing one quick firer, the lower one two. Orders "Hold to Death." Tho orders Trere "to hold to the death" the brtfiges at Saclle, Polcen-, Polcen-, Iffo, Santa Lucia and San Giovanni un- ' VO ! tJI BersagllerL and cavalry had crossed. That they succeeded Is shown by the fact that all the rear guards made their way over the bridges; that all the bridges were burned and the section' returned leaving only one dam-aged dam-aged machine wlth the enemy although eighteen of tAe forty cars were in such crippled condition that It was necessary neces-sary to abandon them after the bridges burned. The machines were divided, ten being be-ing stationed at each of the four bridgeheads. After seeing their own rear guards safoly ncross. they awaited await-ed the approach of the enemy guards, j oven staying in some cases until the cars were surrounded by hostile patrols pa-trols which were then moved down by the -balteries of quick flrers. At the San Giovanni bridge one car took Its station during the night, midway mid-way across the bridge. Early in the morning it was ordered to surrender by a German car which bore the imperial im-perial crest and carried a German captain cap-tain and two lieutenants. Instead of surrendering, two Italian captains and four gunners suddenly opened the 'steel door and sprang out with carbines. The German captain and one lieutenant were killed. Tbe other lieutenant and the German car were captured and brought back. At the Sacilc bridge the cars had orders or-ders to hold for three hours but they held for thirty-two hours. Brilliant Attack Succeeds. At Santa Lucia the commander ordered or-dered one of his machines to advance against an enemy patrol which was dangerously near. Tho car was rushed forward sweeping the enemy from its double turrets but when this mission was accomplished and the car was turned back, it was found that the bridge was on fire. ' The only way was to cross this burning bridge. Tlie car was steered straight over the smoking structure while the burning planks creaked under its huge weight. H crossed safely and is one of the cars brought back. Tho ammunition of another car was exhausted after It had fired 30.000 rounds. Each quick nrer has a capacity capac-ity of 15.000 shots. The commander and his men are receiving re-ceiving congratulations for tho effectiveness effec-tiveness of their resistance in the face of the enemy and their complete sup-cess sup-cess in bringing the rear guards across and burning the bridges behind them. |