European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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After he arrived we took control to the north, south and east.
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The Germans could only make it towards the west, but at that point they disbanded.
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Some ran away, 22 surrendered.
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The battle ended at around two in the afternoon.
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Ten Germans had died, along with many wounded,
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and we had 22 prisoners who had surrendered.
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On our side there were seven casualties and eleven wounded.
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It was one of the heaviest battles during the whole Resistance.
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Partisans clothes; battle names
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Partisans were dressed in normal clothes, wore a little bit of everything.
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They were sort of ragged,
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because there really wasn’t any organization yet.
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They were they first ones.
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They had already fought in the area of Modena and Reggio.
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They had already disarmed a few garrisons, but they didn’t have spare clothes or supplies.
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They were carrying everything they had on their shoulders.
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No uniforms.
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As an example, I was wearing civilian clothes when I left for the mountains.
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I had on this black coat my sister had made for me.
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Later I left it in Cerrè Sologno, because it was snowing; you could be spotted from miles away.
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