EXHIBITION FANFARA BERSAGLIERI OF BEDIZZOLE AT NORWEGIAN MILITARY TATTOO 2018

PERFORMANCE OF THE FANFARA BERSAGLIERI "A.CARETTO" OF BEDIZZOLE (BS) ITALY TO NORWAY MILITARY TATTOO 2018

Because the Bersaglieri run
Feathers, trumpets and racing: these are the three elements that have always characterized the history and military activity of the Bersaglieri, a body of the Italian army that is part of the infantry weapon.

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Birth of the Bersaglieri body
It was in the distant June 8, 1836, that, the then captain of the Regiment of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Alessandro Ferrero de La Marmora, presented his idea of ​​forming a new branch of the assault infantry that should have been based on specific characteristics : individuality, fluency, shooting skills and perfect mobility on the battlefield.

His proposal, accepted by King Carlo Alberto, gave life to the Corps of Bersaglieri. It was then compiled by the same La Marmora a decalogue inherent to the instruction of each bersagliere, which were kept:

obedience
to respect
to the perfect knowledge of their rifle
to a continuous exercise in shooting
at gymnastics of all kinds
to the camaraderie
to the feeling of the family
to love for the King
to love for the country
to trust in oneself up to presumption
The new body of infantry, which, shortly after the formation, were armed with a special lighter rifle and with a firmer shot than the one in use, was able to demonstrate its aptitude for fighting in several battles:

Goito, during the First War of Independence in 1848;
during the 1854 Crimean expedition in which La Marmora lost his life;
in 1870, when the Bersaglieri conquered Rome putting an end to the temporal power of the papacy;
during the world wars (and not the Kingdom of Italy);
in the last peace missions.
Emblem par excellence of the Bersaglieri Corps, is the feathered hat, a symbol considered second only to the Tricolore, as witness of a tradition without stain. It was Lieutenant Col. Negrotti, commander of the 23rd Bersaglieri Battalion, who fell on the Mrzli in 1915, to prove this value. He, struck to death, put his hat on the tip of the saber and raising it up high and pulling it over the enemy fence shouted: "Bersaglieri, that's your flag! Go and get it!"

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The Bersaglieri race
On the 18th of 1836, Captain La Marmora, in Moncalieri, showed the first company of Bersaglieri to the King of Italy. At the end of this ceremony, while the Royal Procession was moving towards the Royal Palace of Turin, the Bersaglieri instead, running along an alternative route, anticipated arriving at first and being found deployed at the arrival of the King.

At that point the King turned to La Marmora saying: "You told me a lie, the Bersaglieri companies are two".
To this statement, the Marmora replied: "Majesty is always the same Company that rushed ahead of you".

So it was that the race became one of the peculiarities of the Bersaglieri, a body that since its birth was aimed at having rapid and sharp movements, which went to differentiate them from the other army bodies that on the contrary faced each other compact.

In short, the race is what makes a Bersagliere, the Bersagliere.

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