About ten minutes later, the street was again in an uproar when the fight reached its height. The street became a mass of swinging and striking men with the French police wading in vigorously to quell the outbreak. Rickshaws scattered and people ran for cover zs the French police, under compulsion in order to obtain control of the situation, fired shots into the air. By this time all the cabarets had closed, and lights were extinguished plunging the place into darkness. About this time an Italian truck loaded with marines arrived and in the subsequent developments two French police officers were injured. It was reported that among other weapons used in the fighting were iron bars. Six uniformed Italiens were taken to Poste Mallet by the French police.
"By one o'clock this morning, order had been restored and the injured men—the number of whom is unknown—had been taken away for treatment while the various combatants in the fight dispersed having been marched off by military police. The condition of the injured men could not be ascertained but it was reported that one man had been shot and two were seriously injured.
French and Italian consular and naval officials were on the scene investigating the cause of the trouble ud only a small group of French sailors were seen standing at one end of the street.
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