Juana

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Notwithstanding the discipline which Marechal Suchet had introduced into his army corps, he was unable to prevent a short period of trouble and disorder at the taking of Tarragona.  According to certain fair-minded military men, this intoxication of victory bore a striking resemblance to pillage, though the marechal promptly suppressed it.  Order being re-established, each regiment quartered in its respective lines, and the commandant of the city appointed, military administration began.  The place assumed a mongrel aspect.  Though all things were organized on a French system, the Spaniards were left free to follow “in petto” their national tastes.