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MICCA, PIETRO , Piedmontese soldier (d. 1706), was born at Andorno, and achieved fame by his death in the defence of Turin
French in 1706 a party of the besiegers had succeeded in penetrating by surprise into the moat of the fortress on the night of August 2930, and would undoubtedly have captured it had not Micca, a soldier in the engineers, fired a mine, with the result that they were blown into the air and the rest of the force driven back with heavy losses. Micca's heroism has been the subject of poems, plays and romances. But, according to Count Giuseppe Solaro della Margherita, the commander
Turin
pace
intent , that he sacrificed his life
See A. Manno Pietro Micca ed it generale conte Solaro Bella Margherita (Turin, 1883). End of Article: MICCA, PIETRO If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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