Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1916-12-15
Italian SUBJ Lieutenant Gets Gold
Medal After Bringing
In Prisoners.
FIRST 10 ENTER G0RTz
Waves Flag From Roof Of RaIiroad
station and Brings eomrades- His
Camera Taken for Bomb
by AustrIans.

Rome.--One Of the stories OF hero.
Ism and bravery that is on everyone's
lips is Of Sub-Lieutenant Baruzzi, a
modest young man. nineteen wears old,
who has been awarded the gold. medal
for valor. With only three men he
captured an Austrian detachment Of
four officers and 200 soldiers In
trenched under q railroad. bridge, and
afterward he entered Gorltz and hoist
ed the first Italian flag over the city.
All attempts to interview Lieuten-
ant Baruzzi and make him tell his own
story proved fruitless. Like all real
heroes he is very modest. and when
asked for On 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 lieutenant to dinner and
made him talk for the benefit Of the
public. This Is the story Lieutenant
Baruzzi told the general:
II was out of the lines In command
Of patrol Of three men, and discov-
cred that an Austrian detachment was
barricaded under the railroad bridge
close to the Isonzo. The Austrlans
were in a sort Of tunnel. the entrance
Of which was protected with sandbags
and timber. Our guns were firing all
over the place. decided to enter the
tunnel, and went In, pistol In hand,
shouting Surrender l ordered my
three men to cover the officers with
their rIass tsllIRg l =. them tbnttu nttusff nHd
would not show any fight. And, IN fact,
that Is exactly what happened.
Sends for Help. M
"Five minutes passed and was
thinking to myself that It was impossi-
Bile to- get the Austrians out. We dis
armed the officers and got them out,
and sent one of my three men TO our
lines to report that we had captured
200 Austrians and needed re-enforce-
ments, The man went to our lines and
came back on his hands and knees,
crawling to sscnpe our FIRE, and report
ed that re-enforcements could not be
sent before the artillery had ceased
fire. We waited for good bit, and !
had to shout at the Austrians the whole
time to keep them still. Finally the re-
enforcsments arrived and took the
whole lot prisoners.
Il sKolled toward the IsonEo and
saw some men under cover. DO you
waat to come with me7' I asked them.
They wanted to know where to and
when I said Goritz, Of course, they re-
mied that the Austrians were firing
agninst the bridge and that 1t was Inn
possible to cross Il. ] know that !
said, but come along all the same.
Wen run for II and get to Goritz all
right
'aThe soldiers hesltatcd Just for an
instant, but seeing that / was running
toward the bridge they followed me
shouting at the top Of their voices
sro 0oritzl To Gorjtzr We crossed
the bridge on the run nnd got into the
city. It was empty. Some Austrians
were coming toward US. ! halted, took
out my camera and snapped at them.
They evidently thought It was bomb
or something like It, because they
ralsed their arms and surrendered.
4, Waves Flag on Roof.
I'VE went on until We reached the
railroad station. Here / got on the roof
and waved the Italian flag had with
me In the direction OF our lines beyond
the Isonzo. I knew at once that my
flag had been seen, because ! could
hearithe men cheering loud and long,
L tied the flag to pole and left II
there, and when ! got down from the
roof the first detschments Of Italian
troops were rushing ut the double to-
ward the city, which they catered
shortly afterward.s
The flag that Lieutenant Baruxzi
hoisted over Goritz was not larger than
an ordinary pocket handkerchief, but
II WINS sufficient to provoke the cheers
OF the men waiting beyond the river,
and undoubtedly hastened their adj
vance and entry into the city.