European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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We didn’t even have dinner because we had marched for a long time to make it to Santonio.
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We didn’t stop.
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Half way between Santonio and Ligonchio, in Cerrè Sologno,
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at seven in the morning, we couldn’t move any further during the day
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because the German reconnaissance airplanes were flying over the area and would have spotted us.
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So we stopped in Cerrè to rest, planning to get moving again in the evening and reach Ligonchio.
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At eight one of our sentinels fired a shot and the Germans were there.
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We were at south east, taking control of the first houses.
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The Germans were coming from the west, and lined up to the west and north.
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In some cases fascists, Germans and partisans were mixed up in the same house.
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I remember this partisan who was in a house when the door opened and in came a German.
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They were both aiming their gun at each other, until the German walked back without shooting.
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If he had, they both would have died.
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Then what happened?
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The battle had started 15-20 minutes before and our commander Miro was hurt badly.
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Barbolini too, who was the commander of those from Modena.
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After that Eros took charge.
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But one of the machine guns we had, the French St.Etienne, had the wrong ammunition.
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It didn’t fire one shot.
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The other one, a Breda, worked properly,
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