Dasyurus Maculatus
September 21st, 2004, 06:18 AM
The bodies of three WW1 Austrian soldiers have been found perfectly preserved in an Italian Glacier.
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=qw1093259341555B241
The soldiers' uniforms were mostly intact including leather belts, a gas mask and a cap with a star on it.
Historians are already studying the find and believe the men died during a battle on September 3, 1918, probably killed by a grenade. Italian and Austrian troops clashed in the mountains on that date in what has been called "the great battle". The Austrians won but 11 soldiers were killed.
Among the relics left in Italy by World War 1 Austrian troops was a series of tunnels buried deep within the Marmolada glacier known as the City of Ice that largely disappeared during a heatwave last year.
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http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=qw1093259341555B241
The soldiers' uniforms were mostly intact including leather belts, a gas mask and a cap with a star on it.
Historians are already studying the find and believe the men died during a battle on September 3, 1918, probably killed by a grenade. Italian and Austrian troops clashed in the mountains on that date in what has been called "the great battle". The Austrians won but 11 soldiers were killed.
Among the relics left in Italy by World War 1 Austrian troops was a series of tunnels buried deep within the Marmolada glacier known as the City of Ice that largely disappeared during a heatwave last year.
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