General Agustín Nogueras unfortunately caused the mother of Cabrera to be shot, and the Carlist leader then started upon a policy of reprisals so merciless that the people nicknamed him "The Tiger of the Maestrazgo".
General Agustín Nogueras unfortunately caused the mother of Cabrera to be shot. Cabrera vowed'rivers of blood will flow in Catalunia' after her execution; and the Carlist leader then started upon a policy of reprisals so merciless that the people nicknamed him "The Tiger of the Maestrazgo".