After a reluctance of the military to combat Hostile_encounter the nearly two thousand soldiers and sailors that rebelled between 3 and 4 October 1910 , the Republic was proclaimed Statement at 9 o'clock a.m of the next day from the balcony of the Lisbon City Hall in Lisbon .

This reluctance to fight Hostile_encounter to the end was repeated at Cap Gris Nez .

Despite their numerical advantage and the wide dispersal of British forces Request defending Defending against their invasion attempt , the Americans , who were stationed Being_in_operation in Lewiston , New York , were unable to get Getting the bulk of their invasion force across the Niagara River due to the work of British artillery and reluctance on the part of the undertrained and inexperienced American militia .