. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. mplete armor, the helmetand cuirass sound, his gold chain around his neck, and his mattock and pick-axeat his feet—the ghastly remains of one literally hoist with his own petard. Even this frightful accident did not discourage the besiegers. They foughtlike the devils they were : the citizens resisted like men and women defendingtheir homes and their lives. When four thousand of Parmas men, one-sixth ofthem officers, were killed or badly wounded, his lieutenants begged th
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. mplete armor, the helmetand cuirass sound, his gold chain around his neck, and his mattock and pick-axeat his feet—the ghastly remains of one literally hoist with his own petard. Even this frightful accident did not discourage the besiegers. They foughtlike the devils they were : the citizens resisted like men and women defendingtheir homes and their lives. When four thousand of Parmas men, one-sixth ofthem officers, were killed or badly wounded, his lieutenants begged the generalto stop the assault. He refused, and was for rushing into the thick of the frayhimself. They tried to hold him back, but in vain, till one near him remindedhim of the kings orders to exercise prudence as well as valor. If he fell, whocould take his place ? He submitted with a frown, and the trumpets soundedthe recall. Maestricht had beaten back the royal army. The siege now became a blockade. A complete wall, strengthened by six-teen forts, was built around the doomed city, and defied succor or interruption. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE TAKING OF MAASTRICHT. 594 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. c95 from without. Orange had with much difficulty raised a little army of seventhousand. Under his brother and Hohenlo, it marched to the relief of Maes-tricht, but soon saw that relief was impossible : the town could not be reached. DESPERATE HEROISM. The prince strove to obtain a truce, through the aid of a conference thenin session at Cologne, but Parmas agent there had his instructions, and no trucecould be had. The gate looting westward toward Brussels was next the townsmen had raised a fort with three walls. Under a steady cannonadeand a fierce assault the fort and the three walls fell, and a thousand or more ofthe brave citizens fell with them. Their last defense was a demilune with adeep ditch, behind this gate, and a breastwork behind the demilune. This theyresolv
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