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War had hardly begun, when, in 1793, the port of Genoa was the scene of an incident differing from that in Bahia only in its very aggravating circumstances, and in the bloodshed that ensued.
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Sumner describes a significant incident in the port of Genoa during the early stages of the war against the French Revolution.
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