 The mayor of Esperia, a comune in the Province of Frosinone, reported that in his town, 700 women out of 2,500 inhabitants were raped, resulting in many deaths.According to Italian victims associations, a total of more than 7,000 civilians, including children, were raped by Goumiers.Baris considers the figure of twelve thousand women raped provided by the Communist women's organization "Unione Donne Italiane" to be credible.