For the first part of the war , the royalists and the Catholic League were uneasy allies against their common enemy , the Huguenots .

The conflict in Taranaki had its roots in the First Taranaki War , which had ended Process_end in March 1861 with an uneasy truce .

There was an uneasy peace around Manila , with the American forces controlling the city and the weaker Philippines forces surrounding them .