The Archive · 1937

ITALIAN FLAG PU ON INT. BLANC

Frak Climbed by Troops of Alpini Division Milan, July 16.

On the peaks of the- Mont Blan a has been "stormed" by 50 Italian soldiers of the Alpini Divisiun, led by fifteen officers and fifty non-commissioned officers.

The troops were in full field equipment with rifles and machineguns and ascended the steep paths in good time. Despite unfavourable weather they succeeded in reaching peak where the Italian flag was hoisted. The descent also was aes complished in perfect order—Transocean.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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