Panama and the canal . Oldest SrANibii Church Still in Use on thk Isthmus. hundred cavalry on the open plain outside the town. Herehe had collected also a herd of two thousand wild bulls,with Indians to drive them headlong against the ranks of thepirates. In the fight that now began these bulls caused thegreatest confusion. The pirates succeeded in turning themback upon the Spaniards, but the latter held their groundfor two full hours of furious battle. When the cavalry RUIN OF OLD PANAMA 33 had been routed and at least a thousand men lay dead onthe field, the ranks of the defenders at last br
Panama and the canal . Oldest SrANibii Church Still in Use on thk Isthmus. hundred cavalry on the open plain outside the town. Herehe had collected also a herd of two thousand wild bulls,with Indians to drive them headlong against the ranks of thepirates. In the fight that now began these bulls caused thegreatest confusion. The pirates succeeded in turning themback upon the Spaniards, but the latter held their groundfor two full hours of furious battle. When the cavalry RUIN OF OLD PANAMA 33 had been routed and at least a thousand men lay dead onthe field, the ranks of the defenders at last broke, musketswere tlirown ciway, and a wild rush for the town began. Xot even the great guns of the Spaniards could checkthe invaders. In three hours more they were in possessionof the city. Immediately the dwellings and public build-ings were set on fire, and flames and smoke added to thehorrors of robljerv and massacre. Few of the inhabitants. City Walls of Ne\v Panail\. escaped death or capture. Then, amid the ruins, for afull month, the captors indulged in such acts of torture anddebauchery as only the imagination can picture. 34 AN ANCIENT LANDMARK
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