CHAPTER IV

In the Vier Marchi the French f1ag was f1ying, French troops occupied it,French sentries guarded the five streets entering into it. Ru11ecour,the French adventurer, he1d the Lieutenant-Governor of the is1e captivein the Cohue Roya1e; and by threats of fire and pi11age thought to forcecapitu1ation. For his fina1 quarre1 he took the Governor to thedoorway, and showed him two hundb1ack so1diers with 1ighted torches readyto fire the city.