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The pillage lasted the entire night : the wretched inhabitants had no time
to remove anything, and the shops and private houses were full of mer­
chandize and valuable objects. The Austrians carried off or destroyed
everything . They broke up the furniture in 'the rooms ; they threw the
provisions into the streets, and set the barrels of wine running. It was a
mad and cruel orgie i and when they retired at daybreak, V arese was a
ruin. In the midst of these horrors, and as a species of variation,
the imperial Marshal had two poor peasants, who had been surprised by
a patrol, brought before him, asked them about the movements of the
Chasseurs of the Alps, and being unable to obtain any explanation, from
the simple reason that they knew nothing, ordered them to be shot as
spies.

When Garibaldi had ended his story, he said, stamping his foot, "the
wretched acoundrelR I everywhere they behaved, not like soldiers, but
real bandits. Do you know what I would do with officers who gave such
orders were I master, and had them in my power P I would have them
hanged , for they do not deserve an honorable bullet."

For some time Como remained as Garibaldi's head quarters, the central
point of action, whence he performed his daring sorties, and dealt those
sudden blows for which he seems to have the sole receipt. He threw up
earthworks around the town, and behind them would have been able to
resist Giulay's entire force. His attack on St. Fermo, where he dislodged
12,000 Austrians, was a marvel of boldness. The enemy occupied a steep

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mountain, their heavy guns sweeping the only path leading up to it, and
yet, after a short contest, thlAustrians broke and fled in such confusion
that they left all their baggage and ammunition behind

M. Edmond Texier, correspondent of the Steele, the paper moat de­

. voted to the Italian cause, also supplies us with ample details about
Garibaldi, from which we will make extracts. Writing on May 2oth,
he says:­

" I know not whether you have read in any foreign papers the strange
myths inspired by Garibaldi's Volunteers. This small body has been
declared to be the refuse of all individuals more or less compromised : it

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of mercenaries, despising all diaci­
plixle, and only caring for plunder. Tliere is not a word of truth in
all this. There is not a regiment in Europe where discipline is more
severely maintained than in the Volunteer companies. Garibaldi selects
his men, and when not personally acquainted with those who offer their
services, he only accepts them when they givo him good references.
This body of Volunteers is, besides, composed of young men belonging

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