Psychological Warfare
The buccaneers were feared for their wild-man appearances and ways and notorious for spectacular cruelty. Morgan’s agonizing torture of hanging men by their testicles to force the locations of treasure at Panama City is a noted example, but by no means the only one: Rock Braziliano and Francis L’Ollinais were so feared as to drive the Spanish to suicidal battle rather than surrender. They were also bold explorers and merchants when it suited them.
Taken from: http://colonialwars.suite101.com/article.cfm/buccaneers_of_the_17th_century_caribbean
OUCH. :flashing:
The buccaneers were feared for their wild-man appearances and ways and notorious for spectacular cruelty. Morgan’s agonizing torture of hanging men by their testicles to force the locations of treasure at Panama City is a noted example, but by no means the only one: Rock Braziliano and Francis L’Ollinais were so feared as to drive the Spanish to suicidal battle rather than surrender. They were also bold explorers and merchants when it suited them.
Taken from: http://colonialwars.suite101.com/article.cfm/buccaneers_of_the_17th_century_caribbean
OUCH. :flashing: