The sun., 1916-11-26
YOUTH AND 3 MEN
2O4 AUSTRIANS
italian Sub Lieutenant Gets
Gold Medal After Bring
ing In Prisoners.
FIRST TO ENTER GORITZ
Waves Flag From Roof and
Brings Comrades - His
Camera Taken for Bomb.

camera I6K0n 1Or DOmD.
Ssscsi ~csrrssSs~Is~cs 70 Txs ssu.
Roxs. Oct SS.-ons Of the stories Of
heroism and bravsry that 10 on svsry
lips 10 told Of eub-Iisut Barussi. .
modest young man. 10 ysass On. who
has been awarded he gsid medal for
valor. with only three men ~ oavtursd
an Austrian detachment Of four ofacsrs
Ind 700 soldiers intrsnchsd under . rail-
road bridge. and afterward he entered
Goritz and hoisted the nrst italian nag
over the city.
All attempts to interview Lieut. Ba-
ruxsi and make him tell his M story
proved fruitiess. Like all real heroes he
Is very modest. and when asked for an
interview he replied that he was very
busy and. besides, he had nothing to say.
A General finally came to the rescue OF
the newspaper men. He invited the Lieu
tenant to dinner and made him talk for
the beneht Of the public. h 10 the
story Lieut.. Barusxi told the General:
II was out Of the lines in command Of
a patrol Of three men. and I discovered
that an Austrian detachment was oarri-
caded under the railroad bridge close to
the Isonzo. The Austrians were In .
sort Of tunnel. the entrance Of which was
protected with sandbags and timber. Our
guns were firing all over the place. I
decided to enter the tunnel. and went in.
pistol in hand. shouting. surrender ]
ordered my three men to cover the Of
hcers with their rifes. telling them that
so long As the officers dA not move their
men would not show IN dsht. And. in
fact. that 10 exactly what happened.
SENDS for HslD.
Five minutes passed ana I was think.
ing to myself that II was impossible to
get tho Austrians out We disarmed the
officers and got them out, and I sent one
Of my three men to our lines TO report
that we had captured 200 Austrians and
needed recnforcemsnts. The man went
to our lines and came back on his
hands and knees. crawling to escape our
fire. and reported that roenforcements
could not be sent before the artillery mad
ceased hre. We waited for . good bit.
and I had to shout At the Austrians the
whole time to keep them still. Finally
the requirements arrived and took the
whole lot prisoners.
Il strolled toward the fson1o and saw
some men under cover. DO you want to
come with mer ] asked them. They
wanted to NOW whore to and when !
said Goritz. OF course. they replied that
the Austrians were hring against the
bridge n that II was impossible to
cross II. I know that I said. but come
along all the Same. Wen run for II
and get to Goritz all right
The soldiers hesitated just for an in
slant, but seeing that l was running to-
ward tho bridge they followed me shout
inn ~ thA sno 80 ,k.yr .,Atn~s. IN Co..
itz! To Goritz! We crossed the bridge
on the run and got into the city. 1t was
empty. Som Austrains were coming to-
ward US. ! halted. took out my camera.
and snapped at them. They evidently
thought II was q bomb OF something
like IL. because they raised their arms
and surrendered.
Waves FlaG on Roof.
" went on until We reached the
railroad station. Here l got on the roof
ard waved tho Italian nag l had with
me In the direction Of our lines beyond
the Isonzo. knew at once that my
Tag had been seen. because l could hear
the men cheering o and long. I tied
the flag to a pole and lef, 1t there. and
| when I got down from the roof tho frst
attachments of Italian troops were rush.
ing at the double toward the city, which
~, a,,orad .hor,ty aftor,,rab
rha aag Tho, Liant par,,,, ho,,,.a
over Goritz was not larger than an or.
| dInarv pocket handkerchief hut 4, was
sufficient to provoke the cheers OF the
men waiting beyond the river. and un-
doubtedly Mastered their advance and
entry into the city.
The General who told Lieut. Baruz-
zi's story Is in command of q division
composed OF men from the Romagne and
A great proportion OF them are republi-
| cans. or course now they forget their
republicanism. and are among the hes,
soldiers In the army. But often their
political feelings gets out. as 1t were,
against their will. Such was tho case
of a non-commissloned officer. He is an
old man nearly 60 and n fervent repub-
lican who Joined the army as a volunteer
when war broke out and fought 30 we'll
| that he was promoted sergeant.
"a few days ago. the General said,
realized that the old man was home
sick. so I gave him a weeks leave OF
absence and told him to spend It with
his family. Naturally he had a very
good time and when he started back Ia
the front the whole village turned ou,
ut the station to see him IN. He got 90
excited at the repeated cheering in his
honor, this old sergeant, that Just as
the train left the station he leaned our
OF the train window and shouted to HE
cheering friends. Long live the Italian
Republic
Police Hepor scandal.
.Of course there was n row and IN,
uui,,ry noIi,a m tho train n, ~.