A ROYAL HERO.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1915, Page 5

A ROYAL HERO.

' KKG IX HKDfG UNB. ~ King Victor of Italy ia always whert the peril seems to be greatest, Mid hU encouragement and succour where moat needed (writes a correspondent of a London He dashes In his grey automobile along the flat roads in th» Friuli region, appears on horseback oa the hill's near Gorizia, climbs on the back of mule in the. Carnic Passes, and gains on foot, helped by an alpenstock, the heights of the peaks from which Kovoreto can be seen. Both he aiul his first aide-de-camp, General Brasati, are great alpinists. The latter is famous for the skill with which he conducted the retirement of his regiment, after the battle of Ado.wa°along the crests of the Abyssinian hills, and succeeded in saving.his soldiers from being enveloped. On Tuesday evening the King crossed the Isonzo on a pontoon bridge south of Monte Nero. After sunset an officer of the general staff came up to his Majesty, saying that an attack of the enemy was expected during the night, and it would be unsafe to remain 011 the left bank of the river. Tlie King promptly replied: "If the point is dangerous for my soldiers it is my place," and remained there the whole night, passing from position to position, encouraging the troops with words and example.

i WE WILL TON. Rome, July 6. 'An officer of the Italian Bersaglieri writes: —"We liuve been lighting for four (lavs at Monte Nero, conquering positions ami making many prisoners. We, have climbed mountains which only th« nesting eagles hail reached before us. We have been doing some target shooting very calmly and quietly, the targets being the ugly faces of our enemies. '■-We were asked to take strongly fortified trenches made of cement. If they had been nindo of steel they could not liaVe resisted' the impetus of our men, who do not know Vhat 'it is to fear death. What with our brother the rifle and our .sister the bayonet we feel ourselves irresistible. 'At such moments we do not think of any dear ones, not even our mothers. We only rememlbev that ii wo don't win. this war Italy will die for ever. "Wo will win." -