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- ↑ Nella notte del 12 settembre 50 volontari della "Sursum corda" ben armati con 15 ufficiali al comando del cap. Leo Negrelli passarono la barra di Cantrida, in CHIURCO GIORGIO ALBERTO, Storia della rivoluzione fascista 1919-1922, I vol, Firenze, Vallecchi, 1929.
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