The Catholic World, Vol. 19, April 1874‐September 1874

part cemented with stone and mortar like ramparts, forced them to

establish a siege; and the thick walls that sheltered the rioters were only destroyed with the aid of cannon, and after many deaths. I must be frank, and say it was not a war very much to the taste of our soldiers, who like to see the faces of the enemies at whom they aim; neither, as a first effort, was it very amusi...