Bersaglieri and Cannons at the Arch of Peace during the Milan riots of 1898

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Description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bava_Beccaris_massacre

Descripcion foto: The Bava Beccaris massacre ("moti di Milano del 1898"), named after the Italian General Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris, was the repression of widespread food riots in Milan on 6–10 May 1898. Infantry, cavalry, and artillery were brought into the city, meeting with fierce resistance while trying to remove the barricades that had been erected, and were bombarded with stones and tiles from the rooftops. General Bava Beccaris ordered his troops to fire on demonstrators and used the artillery as well. At least 80 demonstrators were killed, as well as two soldiers, and 450 wounded, according to government sources. The opposition claimed 400 dead and more than 2,000 injured people. According to The New York Times, 300 people were killed and 1,000 wounded. King Umberto I praised General Bava Beccaris and awarded him the medal of the Great Cross of the Order of Savoy a month later. On 29 July 1900, the King was assassinated in Monza by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

Website: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/La_cultura_moderna_-_Milano_1898._Bersaglieri_e_cannoni_all%27arco_della_pace.jpg

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Fecha: 1898

Copyright: La cultura moderna, 1923, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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