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The great sieges of history ...

by William Robson

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ' p.'-l: . L.' ' .. ' .tin; ., '. iv. .pnert - i -..: h' .'K'ji ('TV v -.. . ' '.: WJIlS.'Bnil U'ii: .v Jl '- ..'( i I- Tfi i't til'.; : -.. .. .: .(I '.. . .-U tlie walls. di '.. '. ni;.: i Ic'- . -ii'Oliar: of st);' in. 'wf l. i;.-.-k -rf .: i 'T 1:, il, ' l.-brl:, ' upon ', wj. j r- -Ji. 3'; .'. oi-. S-k: 1'.. -.itnc timi' aff.i'.-' ii, - 4-.I- t.-, of . l/f-ci'-r. n--.; s.'unst tho sacrs .-.. ( .1 t -, - -i .' . ji-';l COYemi ' ' -. ': ..': , -. -. 'I'. v'l-a i1' ' fires, ..vi' . -t t;.;, . i, i;.... . ., ., folK.-v- -. .; ., .l: .H .', ' . t .-; ..] t.: -n I'.-..- ' i ( %'V'T'i.' ' -...su-ed .: u-: ( thn ( .'.. -V'ts.;m 1 .....' ''tjf1. i;- V i- .'-ill-' t' .'.: ilill - .-.ton cit iie.aru. A; ... SIEGE OF JERUSALEM.?GODFREY OF BOUILLON. P. 42, heroes follow them closely; some enter by a half-open breach, others scale the walls with ladders, many spring from the wooden towers. The Mussulmans fly on all sides, and Jerusalem resounds with the victory-cry of the Crusaders, God wills it God wills it The companions of Godfrey and Tancred hew down the gate of St. Stephen, with axes, and the city lies open to the crowd of Crusaders, who press upon each other, and dispute the honour of inflicting the last blow upon the infidels. Raymond alone met with some resistance. Made aware of the victory of the Christians by the cries of the Mussulmans, the clash of arms, and the tumult from the interior of the city, he roused the courage of his soldiers. These brave men, impatient to join their companions, abandoned their tower and their machines, which they could no longer move. They planted their ladders, and sticking their swords into the walls as steps, t...… (more)
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ' p.'-l: . L.' ' .. ' .tin; ., '. iv. .pnert - i -..: h' .'K'ji ('TV v -.. . ' '.: WJIlS.'Bnil U'ii: .v Jl '- ..'( i I- Tfi i't til'.; : -.. .. .: .(I '.. . .-U tlie walls. di '.. '. ni;.: i Ic'- . -ii'Oliar: of st);' in. 'wf l. i;.-.-k -rf .: i 'T 1:, il, ' l.-brl:, ' upon ', wj. j r- -Ji. 3'; .'. oi-. S-k: 1'.. -.itnc timi' aff.i'.-' ii, - 4-.I- t.-, of . l/f-ci'-r. n--.; s.'unst tho sacrs .-.. ( .1 t -, - -i .' . ji-';l COYemi ' ' -. ': ..': , -. -. 'I'. v'l-a i1' ' fires, ..vi' . -t t;.;, . i, i;.... . ., ., folK.-v- -. .; ., .l: .H .', ' . t .-; ..] t.: -n I'.-..- ' i ( %'V'T'i.' ' -...su-ed .: u-: ( thn ( .'.. -V'ts.;m 1 .....' ''tjf1. i;- V i- .'-ill-' t' .'.: ilill - .-.ton cit iie.aru. A; ... SIEGE OF JERUSALEM.?GODFREY OF BOUILLON. P. 42, heroes follow them closely; some enter by a half-open breach, others scale the walls with ladders, many spring from the wooden towers. The Mussulmans fly on all sides, and Jerusalem resounds with the victory-cry of the Crusaders, God wills it God wills it The companions of Godfrey and Tancred hew down the gate of St. Stephen, with axes, and the city lies open to the crowd of Crusaders, who press upon each other, and dispute the honour of inflicting the last blow upon the infidels. Raymond alone met with some resistance. Made aware of the victory of the Christians by the cries of the Mussulmans, the clash of arms, and the tumult from the interior of the city, he roused the courage of his soldiers. These brave men, impatient to join their companions, abandoned their tower and their machines, which they could no longer move. They planted their ladders, and sticking their swords into the walls as steps, t...

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