. Italy in North Africa : an account of the Tripoli enterprise . tby the Villa of Djemal Bey. At this point the line wasrushed by a large number of Arabs, in spite of a gallantresistance by the defenders. They took cover immediatelyand opened a flanking fire on the troops in the trenches,who suffered considerably, and were hard put to it to preventlarger numbers of the enemy pouring through the breach intheir lines. A battalion of the 82nd and two dismountedsquadrons of the Lodi cavalry were hurried up in support,and though the Arabs who had penetrated into the oasisfought hard, and inflicted
. Italy in North Africa : an account of the Tripoli enterprise . tby the Villa of Djemal Bey. At this point the line wasrushed by a large number of Arabs, in spite of a gallantresistance by the defenders. They took cover immediatelyand opened a flanking fire on the troops in the trenches,who suffered considerably, and were hard put to it to preventlarger numbers of the enemy pouring through the breach intheir lines. A battalion of the 82nd and two dismountedsquadrons of the Lodi cavalry were hurried up in support,and though the Arabs who had penetrated into the oasisfought hard, and inflicted considerable loss on the rein-forcing troops, these succeeded in cutting up their adver-saries and reaching the critical point in time. Stiff fightingtook place at the trenches, but by half-past ten the enemywere driven off, having lost heavily. Though the Italian position had been successfullydefended, their lines had been broken twice in four days,and it was decided that they should relinquish the attemptto hold so long a front. Fort Messri and El Hanni were. Photo A. MalvezziMONUMENT ERECTED NEAR THE HOUSE OF DJEMAL BEY, TO THE SOLDIERSOF 84th REGIMENT, KILLED ON OCTOBER 26th, 1911
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