Macdonald, while in the act of rising to receive his guest, was shot dead through the back with two bullets.

His wife had already dressed; but she was stripped naked by the soldiers, who tore the rings off her fingers with their teeth.

The slaughter now became general, and neither age nor infirmity was spared.

Some women, in defending their children, were killed; boys, imploring mercy, were shot dead by officers on whose knees they hung.

In one place nine persons, as they sat enjoying themselves at table, were butchered by the soldiers.