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Justiniani spoke to the men standing by the machines: "Make ready bolt and stone." The balistiers took to their wheels eagerly, and discharged a shower of missiles at the Janissaries and ox-drivers. "Too short, my men more range." The elevation was increased; still the bolts fell short. "Bring forward the guns!" shouted Justiniani.
In the evening battle. The advantage of course was with the besieged. The work on the mounds meanwhile continued, while the campania behind the intrenchment was alive with a creaking of wheels burdened by machinery, and a shouting of ox-drivers; and the veterans on the walls said the enemy was bringing up his balistas and mangonels.
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