Excerpt from History of the War of the Sicilian Vespers, Vol. 2 of 3 For a last Effort against Sicily. - Fruitless Siege of Reggio. - Second Retreat of Charles, and daring Incursions of the Sicilians, who occupy many Towns in Calabria, Val di Crati, and Basilicata. - Expedition against the Island of Gerba. - Suspicions of the Aragonese Government, and Fall of Alaimo. - Fate of the Prisoners at Messina. Death of King Charles and Pope Martin - Measures taken by the Court of Rome - Acts of Pope Honorius. - Plot of two Monks, his Envoys in Sicily - June, 1284 - 1285. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.