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Title: Garibaldi's defence of the Roman Republic
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Trevelyan, George Macaulay, 1876-1962
Subjects: Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882 Rome (Italy) -- History Revolution, 1848-1849
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) : Longmans, Green and Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ars, sabres, and lassos,carried on the war between the two Republics.^ Themost notable of these actions, fought against immensely Guerzoni, i. 169 ; Mon. 190-I ; Mario, Stipp. 52, 53. - Pasini, 7-13 ; Oiioliniy 18, 19; Guerzoni, i. 203-5; ^I^t, i- 30, 31 ; LaPatria, June 19, 1904. For the siege of 1846, ol which less is said by Italian autiiorities, see thelong account by IVinnint^toji-IngraJit, especially pp. 91, 92, for Garibaldisimportant part in it. RobirtsoiCs P., i. 197-257 ; .S. A., i. 252, 253. ■ Cuneo, 33-35. Me/>i. i. chap. xlv. xlvi. ; on p. 176 Garibaldi writes: I have heard our lads (in Europe) cry Cavalry, cavalry ! and, I am ashamedto say, throw down their arms and fly, often at a false alarm. Cavalry ! Wliy,the Italians at Sant Antonio and the Dayman (battles on the Uruguay) laughedat the first cavalry in the world, though in those days they had nothing but badflint-lock guns. ■■> Robcrt:>Qn (P. i. 82) describes Rosas riding at the head of about 6,000 as
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GAUCHO CAVALRYMAN IN SERVICE OF MONTEVIDEO, 1846.(Admiral Winnint^ton-Ingrams Hants vf Oak, p. yo.) THE CxARTBALDI HOUSEHOLD 37 superior numbers, was the battle of Sant Antonio, nearSalto (February, 1846), the fame of which spread to Europe.During these wars of Monte Video, Anita stayed in thecapital and minded her growing family. She proved asadmirable a mother and housekeeper as she had been awarrior ; ^ it was a hard struggle against poverty, for herhusband always shared what little he had with others,while at the same time he refused the rewards of land,rank and wealth, eagerly proffered by the state which hehad saved. In 1843 one of the most respectable merchantsof Monte Video called the attention of the Minister of Warto the fact that in the house of Garibaldi, the commander of the Italian Legionand of the national fleet, the man to whom Monte Video owedits life from day to day, no light was lit after sundown, becausecandles were not comprised in the soldiers ration, the onlythi

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