This was upon the following day pushed forward on the newly-formed ground across the moat.

Upon the upper part of each tower were armed men who worked machines casting sheaves of arrows and other missiles.

Below were those who worked the ram.

To each side of the beam were attached numerous cords, and with these it was swung backwards and forwards, giving heavy blows each stroke upon the wall.

The machines for casting stones, which had arrived, were also brought in play, and day and night these thundered against the walls; while the ram repeated its ceaseless blows upon the same spot, until the stone crumbled before it.
Very valiantly did the garrison oppose themselves to these efforts.