The Diary of One of Garibaldi's Thousand
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...of Garibaldi. I saw them up there for a moment together. Take a rest lads, take another short rest, said the General, one more effort and the jobs done. And Bixio followed him through our ranks. Lieutenant Bandi stood up to salute him, but he was on the point of falling, at the end of his tether. He could do no more. He had been wounded several times, but the last bullet had struck his left breast and blood was pouring out. He will be dead in another half-hour, I thought, but when the companies charged on a last assault at...