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27 June 1873 — Zaragoza | |
Friday. 27th June [1873]. We got up abt 5 & started by the 6 oclock train for Pamplona. As we neared that place we observed there were a lot of troops & a good deal of agitation at each station. When we arrived at Pamplona there was a great crowd. We were met by a Sr Morales a friend of Sr Jabat. We had met Jabat & his family at Zaragoza & they got out at a station before Pamplona. Sr Morales had secured us a carriage to get up to the town & told us that the reason of the excitement was that Col: Castañon’s column of 1200 men had been yesterday defeated by the Carlist troops & the population of Pamplona was greatly irritated. The republicans volunteers had taken possession of the gates & at first refused to let us enter—but they did eventually & we went to the Europa hotel– After securing our rooms we went to look out of the window & heard a great hubbub & presently saw a whole lot of soldiers & volunteers chasing a man & beating him violently. It appeared that the volunteers had seized the Carlist newspapers & letters & were burning them in the great square when an imprudent paisano called out Viva Carlos Septimo & was at once set upon & nearly killed. The Govr of Pamplona came to call upon us– He was a drawing master on 4000rs per an: at the university. Sr Morales & a friend of his took us to see the town. We went to the Villa & found the Provincial Deputation sitting in permancy & it seemed to me that the session consisted of cigars & coffee– They showed us the Archives &c & were very civil, we then went to the cathedral wh is very uninteresting & then to the Civil Govrs where we found a lot of noisy volunteers & a deputation in permanent session. On hearing that Henry was Eng. Ambr they made way & were most civil we were received & attended by the most influential republican a deformed & dwarfish man—a tradesman. We dined in the hotel & Morales with us & after dinner the Govr fetched us & took us for a walk on the fashionable part of the ramparts but the panic was such that no one was out. It appears that the engagement was 2 or 3 leagues from Pamplona & that Castañon’s column of 1200 men were destroyed or taken. We saw a Col. arrive with a small detachment of cavalry all dusty dejected. | |
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