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within the ruins of the mole and tower, and finishedthe fortifications wholly- And at the root and footof the same, where the wall stops and the sea isfordable, we placed another garrison towards thewest, and similar towards the east, to guard bothsides; so it was necessary to watch and protect itin each direction, lest the Turks should pass andattack us behind . 1 We likewise ordered heavyguns to be disposed on the walls of the city, so asto do their duty properly during an assault. Fire-boats also got ready to assail the fleet. Twice didthe Turks endeavour to storm our work; in theirfirst attempt they employed a tolerable force, think-ing it easy, just at daybreak when the light wasdubious. They came in three-oared ships preparedpurposely, and fought for a while, but were drivenback. Our men had scarcely to leave their labour,and returned to it with assiduity. In the battleseven hundred Turks were killed, as we learnedfrom the deserters. After a few days, with rage

1 Bosio moreover says, the grand master stationed a bodyof both infantry and cavalry in the nearest ravelin, to preventthe enemy from going round the mole, and putting the townbetween two fires. The infantry well and good; but what badcavalry to do there ? How could cavalry act ? or were horsesnimbler than at present ? Use might have still given somewhatof the agility of Acre. Could they, where ours could not ? Atall events they soon got out of fashion, and gave place to theSpanish infantry.—Bosio: par. ii., lib. xi.