monumento ad Alois Storch Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/12/2014
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

portare una penna / bring a pen

La cache si trova nei pressi di un monumento (per la verità poco conosciuto) che ricorda il graduato Alois Storch, caporale cèco passato con gli italiani, giustiziato nel 1918 a Riva del Garda per mano dell’esercito austriaco mentre anni era di stanza presso il 29º Corpo d’armata. Il piano di azione prevedeva che Storch, assieme ad altri tre soldati, sarebbe partito da Malcesine per superare gli sbarramenti penetrando in territorio austriaco nella piana del Sarca allo scopo di mettere scompiglio nelle linee avversarie. Approdarono alla foce del Sarca ma furono scoperti e tentarono la fuga a nuoto. Storch, colto da crampo in acqua, venne catturato da una pattuglia austriaca, giudicato disertore e condannato. AN INTERESTING NOTE FROM TONICZECH (a geocacher from Czech Republic) Actually, Alois Štorch was 24, almost 25 at time of his death. He was a locksmith by occupation and was born on July 21, 1893 in town of Česká Lípa in northern Bohemia - see an article from a regional newspaper /in Czech/). After the Great War his remains were transferred to Prague, where he is interred at Olšany Cemetery at a honorary military section alongside several dozens of other Czechoslovak legionnaires, who were executed by Austro-Hungarian authorities elsewhere at Italian theatre of war. There is also a plaque on house of his family in village of Nová Ves near Bakov nad Jizerou (Mladá Boleslav District, NE Bohemia) - see also this set of photos from an annual commemoration there. Very detailed account on his mission and fatal end (with photos of the gallows) is included in this [url=http://www.csol-mb.net/pdf/legie_italie.pdf]pdf publication[url] (2009) summarizing actions of Czechoslovak legions in Italy. I'm going to add this cache to a new bookmark list, dedicated to the Great War, which is just beeing preparated. Thanks a lot for the remembrance because this is a site and person of significance for our country (akin to what Nazario Sairo is for yours)

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zherggb

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A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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