A commander punished looting soldiers by massacring their captives, not the looters

Evidence

The means that he employed to stop the riot was quite simply not the exemplary punishment of his guilty men but the massacre of the soldiers’ victims: more than four hundred prisoners, women and children. To speak plainly, a gruesome atrocity. M´armol makes it clear that he at least thought that Austria’s underlying motive was rage (ira) at the humiliation of suffering terrible casualties in fighting against a largely civilian “enemy” who resisted unbowed right to the end. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1046 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The offense punished was violating the sovereign’s person, not the brutality itself. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 674; Don John of Austria punished a mutiny by massacring the prisoners, not the mutineers — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1046; The Pasha punished unauthorized brutality, not brutality itself (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Don John of Austria punished a mutiny by massacring the prisoners, not the mutineers #exemplifies (0.93) — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1046