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Foreign News
October 10, 1849
Lewisburg Chronicle, And The West Branch Farmer
Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A correspondent in Rome reports that defenders of the city were mostly Romans and Italians, with only 6,400 non-Italians including regional exiles, Swiss mercenaries, and 50 American volunteers.
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The Defenders of Rome.
A correspondent of the European American, writing from Rome, says:
"The defenders of Rome were not foreigners, or very few of them, in comparison to the Roman people and Roman army. To call strangers those Italians who marched in aid of Mother Rome, would be the same as to style a New Yorker a foreigner in Philadelphia, or in the Southern States to call a Yankee one. Let us see how many of the inhabitants were not Romans and not Italians. Lombard-Venetian exiles, 4000; Sicilians and Neopolitans, 600; Ligurians and Piedmontese, 350; Tuscans, 250; French, Poles, and Hungarians, 150; Swiss paid by the States 1000; American Volunteers! 50: Total, 6,400."
A correspondent of the European American, writing from Rome, says:
"The defenders of Rome were not foreigners, or very few of them, in comparison to the Roman people and Roman army. To call strangers those Italians who marched in aid of Mother Rome, would be the same as to style a New Yorker a foreigner in Philadelphia, or in the Southern States to call a Yankee one. Let us see how many of the inhabitants were not Romans and not Italians. Lombard-Venetian exiles, 4000; Sicilians and Neopolitans, 600; Ligurians and Piedmontese, 350; Tuscans, 250; French, Poles, and Hungarians, 150; Swiss paid by the States 1000; American Volunteers! 50: Total, 6,400."
What sub-type of article is it?
Rebellion Or Revolt
Military Campaign
What keywords are associated?
Rome Defenders
Italian Exiles
American Volunteers
Foreign Fighters
Where did it happen?
Rome
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Primary Location
Rome
Event Details
The defenders of Rome were primarily Romans and Italians, with few foreigners. Non-Romans and non-Italians totaled 6,400, including 4000 Lombard-Venetian exiles, 600 Sicilians and Neopolitans, 350 Ligurians and Piedmontese, 250 Tuscans, 150 French, Poles, and Hungarians, 1000 Swiss paid by the States, and 50 American Volunteers.