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his respective post. The shells fell in great
numbers every w h ere ; the rockets crossed
through the gloomy air; the guns on the
ramparts mixed their thunder to that of 'he
british, and enereased the echoing and
dreadful noise. The fire brook immediate
ly out in several places, but our fire-eri-
giness and all which belongs to that depart
m en t, being in good order, it was every
where soon extinguished. About five thou
sand men only were applied to this purpose,
and always ready in the streets and in other
places in order to prevent all the dangers o f
conflagration. By these means the bombard
ment at first was nos as detrimental to the
houses , at it was fatal to the inhabitants.
People were wounded and crushed to
death both in the streets and houses, and
nobody thougth himself secure even in the
lowest cellar. The shells went through all
the stories o f some houses, and destroyed
every tiling they met. The mother giving
suck to her ch ild , was killed together w ith
her offspring by the same shell. Women , sur~