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The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1860., [Electronic resource], The Captor of Guadalajara --Sufferings of the Besiegers. (search)
jara is the second city of the Republic, rich and prosperous, and has been defended with great obstinacy. It has long been, moreover, the principal stronghold of the reactionists in that part of the Republic, and its capture is believed to open the way direct to the capital. Our files abound in most touching letters from the besieged city, from which it would appear, as might indeed have been expected, that the suffering of the people was very great. We learn, indeed, from a letter of General Ortega himself, that on the 1st inst.the suffering had become so great that the fire upon the city was suspended for a space of three hours, that women and children might leave the town. How many actually left we are not informed, but it would appear that the number was small. In all probability the poor people knew not what to do, and there for the space of at least twenty days, they remained huddled together in the centre of the town, farthest removed from the shots of the besiegers, suffer