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The Romance of Modern Sieges

by Edward Gilliat

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Chapter VI A Prisoner in St. Sebastian (1813)

The coup de grâce—The hospital—A cruel order—An attempt at escape—Removed to the castle—The English at the breach—Many are wounded—French ladies sleep in the open—A vertical fire—English gunners shoot too well—A good sabre lightly won 76-89

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