The Massacre of the NoblesThe massacre of the nobles prompted a citywide uprising against the hated Spanish, who were forced to flee Tenochtitlán on June 30, 1520, across a causeway in Lake Texcoco amid ferocious fighting. Some six hundred Spaniards and several thousand of their Tlaxcalan allies perished in the escape, many of them laden with gold they had collected in Tenochtitlán. For the Spaniards, it was La Noche Triste (the night of sorrow), while for the Aztecs it was no doubt a fitting revenge and a great triumph.Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain/Bridgeman-