Milan. Fifth day of the revolt. Military school professor Antonio Carnevali invents mobile barricades. These consist of enormous, roughly cylindrical bundles of wood, almost three meters in diameter, soaked to prevent them from catching fire. The attackers roll them in front of them, thus stopping bullets and cannonballs. The first two attempts to use them fail, but the third, at Porta Tosa (which later becomes Porta Vittoria), succeeds. Leading the attackers is a figure from Milan’s wealthier classes, who, in just a few days, goes from haute couture, horses, and women to a skilled fighter: Luciano Manara.
