In an attack on Albuñuelas, the Spanish troops killed all the men who did not escape and brought back fifteen hundred women and children who were divided among the soldiers as slaves. In October that year the king proclaimed "a war of fire and blood" ("una guerra a fuego y a sangre") – no longer just a matter of punishing a rebellion. He also gave free rein ("campo franco") to the soldiers to take whatever plunder they could find, whether slaves, cattle, or property.