 Maravalles : a bloody massacre ensued : many hundreds were made prisoners: the troops swept the streets from end to end, released their comrades, and, to all appearance, tranquillity was restored ere nightfall. During the night, however, the peasantry...  The History of Napoleon Bonaparte - Σελίδα 48των John Gibson Lockhart - 1830Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | William Francis Patrick Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1828 - 698 σελίδες
...also crushed to death or lamed by the cavalry in the morning. 18o8' In the first moment of irritation, Murat ordered all the prisoners to be tried by a military commission, which condemned them to death ; but the municipality interfered, and represented to that prince the extreme... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick Napier - 1828 - 674 σελίδες
...also crushed to death or lamed by the cavalry in the morning. 1808" In the first moment of irritation, Murat ordered all the prisoners to be tried by a military commission, which condemned them to death ; but the municipality interfered, and represented to that prince the extreme... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1829 - 418 σελίδες
...street Ancha de Bernardo. Some Spanish officers headed the mob, and fired on the soldiery in the streets of Maravalles : a bloody massacre ensued : many hundreds...authority most friendly to the French cause admits ninety-Jive* — were butchered in cold blood on the 3d of May. This commotion had been preceded by... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 446 σελίδες
...prevent the recurrence of similar scenes. The citizens of Madrid 1 [" In the first moment of irritation, Murat ordered all the prisoners to be tried by a military commission, which condemned them to death ; but the municipality representing to him the extreme cruelty of visiting... | |
 | 1836 - 1184 σελίδες
...that French system of terror to which we have already alluded. ' In the first moment of irritation, Murat ordered all the prisoners to be tried by a military commission, which condemned them to death; but the municipality interfering, represented to that prince the extreme cruelty... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1836 - 606 σελίδες
...that French system of terror to which we have already alluded. ' In the first moment of irritation, Murat ordered all the prisoners to be tried by a military commission, which condemned them to death ; but the municipality interfering, represented to that prince the extreme... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1839 - 636 σελίδες
...nightfall. During the darkness, however, the peas un try flocked in armed from the neighbeuring conntry; and, being met at the gates by the irritated soldiery,...military commission, which doomed them to instant death. ' This commotion had been preceded by a brief insurrection, easily suppressed and not unlikely to be... | |
 | William Francis Patrick Napier - 1839 - 866 σελίδες
...firing upon them, killed twenty or thirty, and wounded more. In the first moment of irritation, Mural ordered all the prisoners to be tried by a military commission, which condemned them to death ; but the municipality interfering, represented to that prince the extreme... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1843 - 634 σελίδες
...and defended it. The French cavalry, hearing the tumult, entered the city by the gate of Alcala — a column of 3000 infantry from the other side by the...commanderin-chief himself, or with Grouchy — it is certain tha 1808.] WStTSRECltONS IN SPAIN. 49 t ft considerable number of Spaniards — the English authority... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1843 - 348 σελίδες
...infantry from the other side by the street Ancha de Bernardo. Some Spanish officers headed the mqb, ;and fired on the soldiery in the street of Maravalles...of carrying the sentence into execution lies with t'ne commanderin-chief himselfj or with Grouchy — it is certain tha 1808.] DfStKBECTloNS d SPAIN.... | |
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