It became captive itself.
The fighting and starving and dying by bullets and disease went steadily on.

Both sides fought with energy and industry.

Captain Birch puts this striking incident in evidence.

He is speaking of the third month of the siege: "As an instance of the heavy firing brought to bear on our position this month may be mentioned the cutting down of the upper story of a brick building simply by musketry firing.

This building was in a most exposed position.