From Waterloo to the Marne

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Excerpt from From Waterloo to the Marne: History of the World During the Past Century, 1815-1914 Lieutenant of Italian Mountain Artillery, who fell on May 25, 1916, in the heroic defence of Coni Zugna, in the Trentino. He had from the beginning of the war been fighting in the front line of battle, and this book was written while thinking of him. I dedicate it to him, who by his lofty idealism, serene courage, expert technical skill, and sanguine optimism, became the very soul of his battery. He gave his score of years to his fatherland, 'happy in the fulfilment of his duty as an Italian and as a soldier.' Among the many acts of valour performed by him, the Decree, which awarded to him the Silver Medal, records the following episode of May 15, at the Colletto d'Albaredo, near Rovereto. 'In order to ensure the safety of the armament and ammunition, which the mules had not been able to carry away from the first line of guns, he remained with a few men for a whole night in a zone immediately adjacent to the enemy lines, which had already been abandoned by our troops. On the following morning he rejoined his battery, bringing with him in safety almost the whole of the materiel.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.