. The story of Bayard : the good knight without fear and without reproach . HC. CHAPTER XX Concerning the Siege of Padua—How the Emperor orderedan Assault—The Reply of the Good Knight and theDismay of the German Gentlemen—Departure of Maxi-milian and the Siege of Padua is raised. THE siege of Padua, which lasted all the summerof the year 1509, is one of the most famous inhistory. Never was a city defended with moreskill and desperate courage against an immensebeleaguering army, said to have reached theenormous number of 100,000. At the gate towards Vicenza, where Bayard theGood Knight had so n
. The story of Bayard : the good knight without fear and without reproach . HC. CHAPTER XX Concerning the Siege of Padua—How the Emperor orderedan Assault—The Reply of the Good Knight and theDismay of the German Gentlemen—Departure of Maxi-milian and the Siege of Padua is raised. THE siege of Padua, which lasted all the summerof the year 1509, is one of the most famous inhistory. Never was a city defended with moreskill and desperate courage against an immensebeleaguering army, said to have reached theenormous number of 100,000. At the gate towards Vicenza, where Bayard theGood Knight had so nobly fought to break downthe four barriers, the Emperors artillery hadbeen brought up near the walls and had donegreat execution. A breach had been made in thefortifications, extending to several hundred feet,but, as we have seen, the Venetians had dug awide trench, filled with gunpowder and inflam- THE STORY OF BAYARD 135 mable materials which they could blow up at amoments notice, behind the breach. The LoyalServitor tells us in his chronicle that onemorning the Empe
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