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" ... tons of iron. Such a state of ruin of fortifications and houses was never seen, and it is the opinion of all the consuls, that two hours more fire would have levelled the town ; the walls are all so cracked. Even the aqueducts were broken up, and... "
Heroes of Modern Africa: True Stories of the Intrepid Bravery and Stirring ... - Page 169
by Edward Gilliat - 1911 - 350 pages
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 55

1836 - 600 pages
...shot,weighing above 65 tons of iron. Such a state of ruin of fortifications and houses was never seen, and it is the opinion of all the consuls, that two hours'...broken up, and the people famishing for water. The sea-defences, to be made effective, must be rebuilt from the foundation. The fire all round the Mole...
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The Monthly Review, Volume 3

1835 - 642 pages
...weighing above 65 tons of iron. Such a state of ruin of fortifications and houses was never seen, and it is the opinion of all the consuls, that two hours...more fire would have levelled the town; the walls are so cracked. Even the aqueducts were broken up, and the people famishing for water. The sea-defences,...
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The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth

Edward Osler - 1835 - 488 pages
...people famishing for water. The sea-defences, to be made effective, must be rebuilt from the foundation. The fire all round the Mole looked like Pandemonium. I never saw anything so grand and so terrific, for I was not on velvet, for fear they would drive on board us. The copper-bottoms floated full of...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 27

1836 - 456 pages
...weighing above 65 tons of iron. Such a state of ruin of fortifications and houses was never seen, and it is the opinion of all the consuls, that two hours'...broken up, and the people famishing for water. The sea-defences, to be made effective, must be rebuilt from the foundation. The fire all round the Mole...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 55

1836 - 602 pages
...shot,weighing above 65 tons of iron. Such a state of ruin of fortifications and houses was never seen, and it is the opinion of all the consuls, that two hours'...broken up, and the people famishing for water. The sea-defences, to be made effective, must be rebuilt from the foundation. The fire all round the Mole...
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The Quarterly Review, Volumes 55-56

1836 - 1184 pages
...shot,weighing above 65 tons of iron. Such Jstate of ruin of fortifications and houses was never seen, and it is the opinion of all the consuls, that two hours'...broken up, and the people famishing for water. The sea-defences, to be made effective, must be rebuilt from the foundation. The fire ill round the Mole...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 55

1836 - 602 pages
...weighing above 65 tons of iron. Such a state of ruin of fortifications and houses was never seen, and it is the opinion of all the consuls, that two hours'...broken up, and the people famishing for water. The sea-defences, to be made effective, must be rebuilt from the foundation. The fire all round the Mole...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 55

1836 - 600 pages
...people famishing for water. The sea-defences, to be made effective, must be rebuilt from the foundation. The fire all round the Mole looked like Pandemonium. I never saw anything so grand and so terrific, for I was not on velvet, for fear they would drive on board us. The copper-bottoms floated full of...
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The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 28

Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1836 - 686 pages
...weighing above G5 tons of iron. Such a state of ruin of fortifications and houses was never seen, and it is the opinion of all the consuls, that two hours' more fire would have levelled fhe town, the walls are all so cracked. Even the aqueducts were broken up, and the people famishing...
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England's battles by sea and land, from the commencement of the French ...

William Freke Williams - 1854 - 818 pages
...above sixty-five tons of iron. Such a state of ruin of fortifications and houses was never seen, and it is the opinion of all the consuls, that two hours...broken up, and the people famishing for water. The sea-defences, to be made effective, must be rebuilt from the foundation. The fire all round the Mole...
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