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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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The Emperor of Morocco launched a surprise night attack on a gang of robbers hiding in the castle of Elmatzi near Sallee, protected by a saint. After an obstinate defense costing 200 imperial soldiers, 200 robbers were executed, their habitations destroyed, and soldiers seized immense booty. The saint was forced to relocate.
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"The Emperor of Morocco, before he arrived in his capital, went on an expedition against a formidable gang of robbers, which used to retire to the environs of a castle, situated within four days journey of Sallee, and was the residence of a person who passes for a saint. These banditti thought themselves the more secure there, as they imagined that the Emperor would not dare to violate the territory of the holy man. His Majesty surprised them in the night, invested the castle of Elmatzi, and sent him word, that his enterprize had no other object but to protect him effectually against the depredations of the villains that had retired on his territory.
At break of day the Emperor ordered the attack, and the robbers made an obstinate defence. Two hundred of the Emperor's soldiers were killed in the field of battle. This resistance exasperated his Majesty; he gave orders to surround them, and 200 of them were hanged or beheaded on the spot. Their habitations were destroyed, and the soldiers made an immense booty. The Saint was dislodged from his castle and obliged to retire to another province."
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Elmatzi Near Sallee, Morocco
Event Date
March 7
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200 emperor's soldiers killed; 200 robbers hanged or beheaded; habitations destroyed; immense booty seized; saint dislodged to another province
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The Emperor of Morocco surprised a gang of robbers at night in the castle of Elmatzi, residence of a saint, within four days journey of Sallee. He invested the castle and attacked at break of day after an obstinate defense. Exasperated by resistance, he ordered them surrounded and executed 200 on the spot.