The 12 October 1893 happened: Relay responds to a Somali criminal act

12/10/14

During the mission of the notice Staffetta, to Merka the lieutenant Maurizio Talmone (pictured) during the re-embarkation on the launch for the return on board, is treacherously stabbed in the back by a native.

He will die a few hours later despite the care of the ship's doctor. The unit then directs for Itala, approximately 120 miles N of Merka, to give honorable burial to the body in Italian territory.

The day 15 the ship (commander, captain of frigate Edoardo Incoronato) returned to Merka submits the Somali part of the locality to a long punitive bombardment for the death of the lieutenant Talmone with 157 grenades from 120 and 57 mm causing significant damages to the village and he translates on board prisoners the Somali chief and the notables of the place considered to be corrections of the aggression.

Source: Military Navy