Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-04-29

iuHo h'ssh0s u'u cOWpaI"NN''s "'
ton, they were driven from one position
TO another a. each redoubt was success.
fully carried. shout OF triumph went up
from the viciors. which fell cherrily on the
ears Of their counirymsn on the heights;
and when Padllla and hIs veterans burst on
the scene Of action. IL decided the fortunes
Of the day.
There was still detachment Of Turks,
whose ammunition had not been exhausted
and who were maintaining desperate
struggle with body of Spanish infantry,
in which the latter had been driven back
To the very verge Of the preeipicc. Bot the
appearance Of their friends under Padilla
gave the Spaniards new heart; and Turk
and Mjr.co, overwhelmed alike by the SUI
pcrior numbers and weapon. OF their an-
,aeoni,ts gavO way in all directions. Some
lled down the long avenues which led from
the summit, Of the rock. They were holly
pursued by the Spaniarls. Others threw
themselves into the houses, and preparcd TO
make a last defence. The Spaniards scram.
bled along the terraces, letting themselves
down from one level 10 another BY means
Of the Moorish ladders usc,l for that pur.
pose They hcwcd openings in the wooden
roof. OF the builiinss, through which they
fred on those within. The helpless Morris
Goes, driven out by the pi,iles' volleys
sought refuge in the street. But the ferco
huntcr, were there, waiting for their miscr.
able game while they shot down without
mercy men, women. and children none
were spared. Yet they did not fall unavcn-
sed and the corp-o Of many Splniard
might be seen stretched on the bloody pave.
mcn,, lying sido by sido with that OF hi,
Mp.lcm enemy.
More than ono instance - recorded OF
tho desperate courage TO which the women
as we'll as the men were reused in their OK.
trcmily. \ Mori-co girl. whose father had
persisted in the first assault in the Girdens.
after irins her dwelling, Is said u have
dragged her two little brothers along with
one hand. and welding siimitar with the
other, TO have rushed against the 70, by
whom they were speedily cnt 20 pieces.
Another instance u told Of a man who at
tor killing hi, wife aud hIs two daughters
.Allird forth, and calling out, There is
nothing more to loose; let Us dio tos,,h-
or 2" throw himself madly into tho thick Of
the enemy. Some fell by their own wca.
pon-, Others by those Of their friends. pre-
rcrring to receive death from any hand, bu.
those Of the SPlnlarIs.
Some two thousand Moriscocs wcro hud.
dlcl together in a square no, far from the
gate, where a strong body OF Castilian in.
ian,ry cut or the means OF escape. Spent
with toll and loss Of blood. without ammu-
milton, without arms, or with such only as
were too much battered or broken Tor ser.
vice, the wrefchol luetivcs would gladly
have made made term. with their pur'ucrs,
who now closed darkly around them, but
the stag at bay might as easily have mad
terms with hi, hun'cr, and the Gerc,
hounds that were already ON his launches.
Their prayers were answered by yolley at
ter yollcy until not man was lett alive.
More than four hundred women and
children were gathered together without
the walls, and the soldiers mindful Of such
booty, were willing to spare their lives.
Thl, was remarked by Don John, and no
sooner dad he observe the symptoms Of len.
ity in the troops. than the flinty.hearted
chief rebukcd their rcmlssncss and steruly
reminded them Of tho order Of the day.
lie even sent the halberdicrs Of his guard
and the cavalier. about bis person 10 assist
the soldiers in their bloody work while he
sat, calm spectator, on his horse, as i'm
movable rs a marble statue and as inscnsi.
. hlc 20 the agonziny screams OF his victims
and iheir heart.brcakins prayer Tor mercy.
While this was going on without the
town, the work Of death was no LEES active
within. Every square and enclosure that
had afforded temporary refuge to the IA.
gtlycs aud were heaped with the bodies Of
the slain. Blood ran down the kennels
like water after heavy shower The dwell.
ling. were fired, somo by the conquerers,
aud others 10y the inmates. who threw
themselves madly into the flames rather
than to fall into the hauds OF their enemies.
The gathering shadows oI the evcnins-for
the f:h, had lasted nearly nine hours-
were jlspclled by the light Of the conlasra-
ton, which threw an omlnous glare for
many league over the country. proclaim
/ ius far and wide the downfall of Galera.
At length Don John was 50 FAR moved
from his original purpose as to consent
I that the women, and the children under
twelve years Of age should be spared. THIS
he did, not from any feeling Of compnne-
tion. but from the Difference To the mur-
murs of his followers, whose disconten, at
seeing their customary booty snatched from
them. began to show itself IN n way not to
DO disregarded. Some fifteen hundred
women and children, in consequence Of
this, are said to have escaped the general
doom Of their countrymen. All the rest
soldiers and citizens, Turks, Africans and
Moriscoes, were merclles'ly butchered.
Not one man, five may trust the Span
iards themselves, escaped alive IL would
not 10 easy, even in that age Of blood' to
find parallel to 50 wholesale aDd indi'.