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Brigandage in Southern Italy (Italian: brigantaggio) had existed in some form since ancient times. However, its origins as outlaws targeting random travellers would evolve vastly later on to become a form of a political resistance movement , especially from the 19th century onward.
Brigandage is the life and practice of highway robbery and plunder. [1] It is practiced by a brigand , a person who is typically part of a gang and lives by pillage and robbery. [ 2 ]
On 6 April 1862, the gang clashed near Muro Lucano with regular troops, killing nine soldiers. Caruso continued his activity as a robber and, on 6 September of the same year with his chief Crocco and another 200 bandits, attacked a farm, robbing ten sacks of fodder for the horses, twenty sacks of grain and ten cloths worth twenty ducats.
WASHINGTON - The remains of President Jimmy Carter arrived at the U.S. Capitol for the final time on Tuesday afternoon for a service with members of Congress before the 39th president lies in state.
Carmine Crocco (5 June 1830 – 18 June 1905), known as Donatello or sometimes Donatelli, [1] was an Italian brigand.Initially a soldier for the Bourbons, he later fought in the service of Giuseppe Garibaldi.
This is universally the case today. From 1859 to 1938, "brigade" ("brigade-division" 1885–1903) was also the term used for a battalion-sized unit of the Royal Artillery . This was because, unlike infantry battalions and cavalry regiments, which were organic, artillery units consisted of individually numbered batteries that were "brigaded ...
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Two and a half weeks after sending tanks and ground troops into northern Gaza, Israeli forces searched a hospital Wednesday where they claim Hamas militants operate. Mohammed Zaqout, the director ...