THE JAWS OF DEATH.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 84, 6 April 1912, Page 8

THE JAWS OF DEATH.

ITALIAN SOLDIER'S ESCAPE. Though the cables give readers a general idea of the progress of important events such as the war between Turkey and Italy, there are, of course, exciting details of incidents inseparable from warfare which do not find their way to this end of the world. One such incident, which was published in the Milan paper, the "Domenica del Corriere," is well worth telling. The hero of it is a young Bersaglier; named Guiseppa Bozotto, who had a miraculous escape frpm a frightful death at the hands of a party of Arabs. He was one of nine men from that famous regiment of sharpshooters detailed to proceed to a fence some four miles from the town of Tripoli to watch the movements of the enemy. He and his comrades had reached the fanoe, when suddenly a volley was fired by Arabs from the windows of a house in the rear, whence no danger was anticipated. Six of the nine Italian soldiers fell dead, Borzotto beingone of the three survivors, who were overpowered and seized by the Arabs. Two in turn were tied to tree's and butchered with knives before the eyes of Borzottc*, who awaited the same awful fate. His turn came, and he was actually strapped to a tree, and expecting the knives to pierce his ilesn, when he heard the tramp of a detachment of soldiers. He knew not whether they were friends or foes, but with all the power of his lungs ho called for help in Italian. His voice was heard and the soldiers—men of his own regiment—scattered the Arabs with a volley, and rescued their comrade. The shock, however, had been more than a human frame could stand, and pozotto lost I both the power of speech and hearing. All's well, however ,that ends well, and having been shipped to Milan the doctors, 'by the use of electric appliances, restored to him the use of ears and tongue.