A DEATH MARCH.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 576, 3 August 1909, Page 5

A DEATH MARCH.

REVOLUTIONARIES' STRANGE .FREAK. London, August I.'; ■ ].. The "Daily . Telegraph" correspondent states that ten thousand revolutionaries 'at on 'Wednesday, paraded the town with the charred remains of their victims. They placed bodies, legs, and heads on long poles, and, with "Vivas!" and-whistling the "Marseillaise," passed under tho nose of the military commander, who was at the head of his troops.. Nobody, however, dared ■ to'firo a; volley at the revolutionists, '; .Latest news from Barcelona states that 1 order has been restored; ' ! - •STREET FICSHTIMC.- ' ARTILLERY FINALLY CARRIES THE ;.;-";!: ■' ;'. . ;; : day. -.;'■ : '-~r ' |;v :. '; 1 WOMEN THRUST INTO,'FIRE ZONE/ .: ;(Rec. August 2, 9.50 p.m.) ,' •i. "- : London, August 2. \ ; . "Daily ... states 1 , that:- : on, Thursday' General Santiago, with three regi;ments; of'cavalry; and four .of'.infantry, -gave battle-to the revolutionaries. at Barcelona. -.'•: , -The'latter fought-with great courage,- and. kept up a'terrible fusillade from balconies,' iwindpWs, and; barricades.. : ,■.•; .•■'.- ■•.', '-; ;'■:•' They compelled '..■ women to throw' thein'- 1 - 'selves within; the soldiers' liiie of fire in order ;tp : give the.''revolutionaries, time to prepare' -for■;further resistance;'" '';/■''' '- ■ .;'! ... Finally, , tho ■: artillery fire of - the troops' compelled■ them to surrender.'-':.■'..■"•' SMALL REPUBLICS BREAKING OUT. :'■•:; -OUTRAGES ON NUNS. : v TrIE)SPREAD OF'THE'REBELLION.' ; :-(Rec. ; August 2,. 9.50. p.m.) v'./;-/. '.V:'': ■''.''■'" " : '-\' : '■ Madrid, August 2/ '.'■'■ .The' revolt has. spread to the" industrial! toTOS-'along the east .coast,' and: to .tho mountain .districts. .:','' , : , : ' '; : ' "Many towns of Citiiloriia have proclaimed .themselves sniall republics. .'■'' It,is reported. .t-hat,3B churches and convents have..been'. :burnt. ; ; '■'."■. .;,; ':■(:"'..' ■'■'>.-' '.'■'' :;.'!'/■' . '. The' revolutionaries, in;some.cases, violated and, murdered nuns and the'young'pupils .of ; the.nuns.! ' '"'.'.'' -,:'.': '"■-."'■ '■';;""',' ;, Many ( nuns were forced t6':flce' at night: in; disgitised' male attire'.::'."'.'' ; ; '.;■''! /•; -\ y^ : 7^FAMrNE;''iN:.'BA;RfeEL^!NAy\ vl shot;, ; '! ; August.2, 10.20.'p.'nj^-;! ; i.'-.'.'.' : ,.'''. ■ ,-;' '•;;:-'' , V; ..'^-MBtlPld, ''■■':. B . a r9 e JP.na.;is' still - isolated,,-. both 1 , by, "and', :and;. sea','.tlie'; surrounding ■ district.^blrag!;.^ the. .hands, of .the revolutionaries,: who/.iii;te'rcept,communipation by. : the rdads.and rail\yays.'.;,v •,:'■'!;". ; -.•'■■■',' '-', i ~•':' i-.The people of Barcelona are-suffering.from hunger,: and: exorbitant prices axe charged for. food.'-. , ..'....':. ■■'; ;. ; ;.-. .--,. ~..-' .:; : V;. ; -...:.'., ' Forty, re'vqlutionardes were : shot -without (larial onihe Montjuichfortmcatiohs,' outside ,-"' -:,:..':;'.:■/V' ; ;':'- ;,- They included Igleseas, manager .of-'-th© newspaper "Progress," belonging to Leroux,, the Republican leader. .'■ ■''''..' : ~.: . !.; •. . "..'<J • [The Monrjiiich hills' are immediately south'---S °i'? arcelo ? a ' Z? 3 rise to > height of Csoft., Demg crowned by the important fortification referred to in the cablegram. In 1705 'that Piilhant British soldier: -tho Earl ofPeterborough seized Montjuich and subse;quently captured' Barcelona-H3ne of his most remarkable feats.]