Orders were given accordingly, and the assault was assigned for the following morning.
Meantime, the guards were strengthened and commanded to be more than usually watchful.

The injunction had a remarkable effect.

At the dead of night, a soldier of the watch was going his rounds on the outside of the breastwork, listening, if perchance he might catch, as was not unusual, a portion of the conversation among the beleaguered burghers within.

Prying about on every side, he at last discovered a chink in the wall, the result, doubtless, of the last cannonade, and hitherto overlooked.

He enlarged the gap with his fingers, and finally made an opening wide enough to admit his person.