Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-07
ITALIAN SWIMMERS
BLEW UP WARSH|P
One of the Most Daring Dashes
of Naval War Just
Unfolded.

Rome. Dee. 26.-It was by swimming
into Pola harbor and steering two small!
submarine motors towing bombs that two
Italian naval q LccrS destroyed the Aus
trian drrodnoucht Nirhus mt Just
before the signing of the armlStlce between
Italy and Austria The Swimmers were
m the water nlnc hours and had to pcnc-
trltc four barriers across the harbur en-
trance. :vo oi walch were composed of
steel submarine nets, After they had
attached their bomb "a the sldc oi the
drtadnought. they were captured ana
taken on board thc vessel and wcr" there
wacn thc war>hp was blown up,
Incy escaped without INJURY and nave
reformed To Rome Ia tell OF thcir exploit
Wmcs i characterized rs one of The most
dar,nc and ~ucerssiul N the history oi
naval warfare. only the fact that Tue
Nirlbu, ntls had been DESTROYED 10y
I.alian naval forces previously had been
rad. known hui now the details Lave
ben SVEN uut toy the ltain Ndmlraty.
F1ra.crr- ,lao tins sent 10 the bottom
"A 1OOao-tol shop enc = Tie most power
lI ia Tho Austrian uttN wei, Lieutenant
RaAaclr Pt,lurcI aul MAJOR Raiiacir
Ea~~cttI Inc att4r Was irlNrrrd GA
n, marulae j. November J. l7lN
To tow ~, bomb, INTO lola har"or'
IT, two Itahlu, invented ~nai. o'mpr,
el air motors d. which were attarhcd
tpuh~. iog mont lae l"o haN3l
men nrl.tl..ellu lu loul iI>tlucc summing
fnt ltalu Nim'aiN eaNg ta"n thc u~'
oi motor boat
Reaamu ohor cutnuc night
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t\p.. ltton .unur.s hc-lt ttrr Hifir
motors and -t,.t't- l.rtn ~ r~eaI"
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aanra t hua- LIN aaen lrN "trc
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cNpl,d, Eff tNo minutes lhc lAddcr
W, erowdv wllh sailors retaining totem
snip.
.'Run Run Tor your lives. shout q
Paoluccl, struggling T. reach tfe deck
before tie explosion took place lie and
lso,.ettl had reached The deck amt ran
the stem ~ Jhc drradpouCht when i
t,rr.h, r\nla.Ion rer.t tic air and j column
al Uatcr ,tu lt,f hllh shot lpWard Al
nIral Nuuro1Ien a-aD gave them Icr-
MISSION 10 save tn,u.-, IVES, and they Aa
con swimming aVay from the -h,u hNe
minute 0hcu the Acari uuotacr cN-
p!.@luu ald -..e nat n, other bomb
vhleh tai been lett .,drtt had been car
r,l Is r., current ALONGSIDE ~" large
Au-. ran Inner y lcu aud hld ft crr,NIl Il
nt \ Tlau~ u4t~ Wa- taru lsng on
her >ldc bit suddculv tie iue, ship
ttIHtA bdNttit 4i'W3ltt jIt'l III tt'flls.ilN
Paolu.sI saw Admril \ aucotIel scramble
upward and >t.i4d uI,h lalra arms on
TIC kc. I,ady L. 90 down WITH lis vessel
Major Ho~-ctti tu8 Lieutenant Paoluc-
q were recdptur,d and taken On board
another Austrian var~hor where .hcy
were Kept prisoners 'nfr. tho arm~'loc
va, signed and IN iiallan war~hip entered
the h3rbnr Then 8 launch Wa- sent for
the Two heroes and thcy were sent on
DESTROYER Ia NeEice where the people
gave Ihcrl ii yocIfcIou, welcome