...'where, in a very few minutes, the bravest and most advanced of them lay headless corpses; the sabre, with the addition of a dagger in the other hand, proving more than a match for the bayonet'. It was the bloodiest moment of that entire siege. For John Keith two images stood out: Jezzar sitting...

...in a very few minutes the bravest and most advanced amongst them lay headless corpses — the sabre, with the addition of a dagger in the other hand, proving more than a match for the bayonet The rest of the French now retired precipitately ; and Latrnos, who was outside encouraging his men to...