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crowd,  followed  by  a  general  stampede.  The
shops  and  house  closed  at  once,  and  from
the  windows  and  terraces  Arabs  began  firing  on
any  soldiers  and  officers  who  happened  to  pass  in
small  numbers  and  unarmed.  Many  of  these  were
hit.  A  young  Arab  in  the  service  of  the  officers
of  an  infantry  battalion  made  an  attempt  to  stab
a  captain  of  the  Carabinieri.  The  Cavass  of  the
German  Consulate,  an  Arab  aged  eighteen,
meeting  a  wounded  artilleryman,  drove  a  dagger
into  him,  killing  him.  A  cavalry  lieutenant,
returning  to  barracks,  was  brought  down  by  a
bullet  in  the  chest,  and  picked  up  dead  hours
afterwards  in  the  roadway.  The  patrols  sent
round  the  streets,  to  crush  the  revolt,  were
attacked  wherever  they  went  by  Arabs  who  had
barricaded  themselves  indoors.  Our  soldiers'
energy  and  courage  were  sufficient  to  withstand
and  overcome  the  revolt  in  the  town  as  well,  so
that  by  sunset  all  was  again  apparently  quiet.
In  the  darkness  of  the  night  public  criers  traversed
the  streets  shouting  :  "  Those  who  do  not  at  once
deliver  up  all  arms  and  ammunition  to  the
authorities  will  be  shot."  After  nine  no  one  was
allowed  out  in  the  streets.  So  we  triumphed
over  treachery  as  we  had  triumphed  in  fair  fight.
