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Old men, feeble women, tender children, united with the able-bodied to accomplish this work, by which they hoped still to maintain themselves after the ravelin had fallen: On the 31st of January, after two or three days' cannonade against the gates of the Cross and of Saint John, and the intervening curtains, Don Frederic ordered a midnight assault.
These promises were to some extent fulfilled on the 28th of January, when 400 veteran soldiers, bringing with them 170 sledges laden with powder and bread, crossed the frozen lake and succeeded in making their way into the city. The time was now at hand when the besieged foresaw that the ravelin of the Cross gate could not much longer be defended.
They worsted the besiegers in divers sallies, and maintained the place until it was reduced to a heap of ashes. At length the allies made a general attack upon the counterscarp and ravelin, which they carried after a very obstinate engagement, with the loss of two thousand men. Then the garrison capitulated on honourable terms, and the fortifications were razed.
Many an old joke, and some new ones, came brave and hearty, on their cheerful voices, even though the speaker was veiled from sight in great clouds of smoke, cloven only by the bright flames of death. Off they went, almost as bright and thoughtless as before, though two of their number lay silent for ever at the North Ravelin silenced in that one little half-hour.
One thousand, at least, of the defenders fell, as, forced gradually from one defence to another, they saw the triple walls of their ravelin crumble successively before their eyes. The tower was absolutely annihilated before they abandoned its ruins, and retired within their last defences.
Well, anyway, suh, the ravelin' wolf is gone frum us, an' fur one I ain't 'spectin' him back never no mo'. An' I reckin dat's the main pint wid you an' me both." "The ravelin' whut?" "Dat's whut Aunt Dilsey called him oncet, speechifyin' to me 'bout him the ravelin' wolf. Only he suttinly did look he wuz comin' unraveled mighty fast the last I seen of him."
For what dread of want or poverty that can reach or harass the student can compare with what the soldier feels, who finds himself beleaguered in some stronghold mounting guard in some ravelin or cavalier, knows that the enemy is pushing a mine towards the post where he is stationed, and cannot under any circumstances retire or fly from the imminent danger that threatens him?
Slop was within an ace of being an exception to all this argumentation: for happening to have his green baize bag upon his knees, when he began to parody my uncle Toby 'twas as good as the best mantle in the world to him: for which purpose, when he foresaw the sentence would end in his new-invented forceps, he thrust his hand into the bag in order to have them ready to clap in, when your reverences took so much notice of the..., which had he managed my uncle Toby had certainly been overthrown: the sentence and the argument in that case jumping closely in one point, so like the two lines which form the salient angle of a ravelin, Dr.
The hour had come for the States of Europe to work out their own salvation, or resign themselves to autocracy, Jesuitism, a gagged Press, the omnipresent spy, the Troubetskoi ravelin, Spandau, and Metternich. Eighteen years were to pass before action, but it was action for a more limited and less glorious, if more practical, ideal than the freedom of the world.
Parma's feint upon Antwerp He invests Maestricht Deputation and letters from the states-general, from Brussels, and from Parma, to the Walloon provinces Active negotiations by Orange and by Farnese Walloon envoys in Parma's camp before Maestricht Festivities The Treaty of Reconciliation Rejoicings of the royalist party Comedy enacted at the Paris theatres Religious tumults in Antwerp, Utrecht, and other cities Religious Peace enforced by Orange Philip Egmont's unsuccessful attempt upon Brussels Siege of Maestricht Failure at the Tongres gate Mining and countermining Partial destruction of the Tongres ravelin Simultaneous attack upon the Tongres and Bolls-le-Duo gates The Spaniards repulsed with great loss Gradual encroachments of the besiegers Bloody contests The town taken Horrible massacre Triumphal entrance and solemn thanksgiving Calumnious attacks upon Orange Renewed troubles in Ghent Imbue and Dathenus The presence of the Prince solicited Coup d'etat of Imbue Order restored, and Imbue expelled by Orange
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