montlezan

Updated: July 8, 2025

So far, however, from the Camisards being suppressed, the destruction of the dwellings of the Huguenots only served to swell their numbers, and they descended from their mountains upon the Catholics of the plains in increasing force and redoubled fury. Montlezan was utterly destroyed all but the church, which was strongly barricaded, and resisted Cavalier's attempts to enter it.

Samuel Smiles - The Huguenots in France