PEPPINO’S BATTLE FOR COL DI LANA
Colonel Garibaldi Captured the impregnable summit at Col di lana on 17 april 1916
In a bold gamble, Colonel Garibaldi ordered 120 handpicked Alpini troopers to storm the summit
A machine-gun nest with 14 men commanded Col di Lana 1,468 metres (4,815 feet high)
Despite capturing Col di Lana, the Italians failed to drive the Austrians from Monte Sief
The Galleria S. Andrea tunnel. Peppino Garibaldi’s men began tunnelling in the middle of January 1916
The mine was completed after three months and detonated beneath the Austrian position on 17 April 1916