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Title: The dawn of American history in Europe
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Nida, William Lewis
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Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ut had aname sacred to the Christians, and they could not with-draw their eyes from the Holy City, nor cease to lamentover its misfortunes. It looked as though it were buriedin its own ruins. Turks Making Ready. â The Turks had ravaged thesurrounding plains, burnt the villages, filled up or poisonedthe cisterns, and made the country a desert. So the Chris-tians soon began to suffer from famine and disease. TheCaHf had brought to the city provisions for a long siege,had called upon all the Turks to come to the defense ofJerusalem, and had employed a great number of workmen,day and night, to construct machines of war, and to repairthe towers. The garrison of the city amounted to fortythousand men besides twenty thousand of the inhabit-ants who had taken up arms. An Immediate Attack. â Some of the Christian leadersurged an immediate attack, although they had neitherladders nor machines of war. They thought that surelyGod himself would come to their aid. The Christian THE CRUSADES 215
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Palestine, showing the Routes of the Crusades. 2i6 DAWN OF AMERICAN HISTORY IN EUROPE army, therefore, approached the walls with great zeal,holding their bucklers over their heads and trying withpikes and hammers to destroy the walls. Some stoodfarther away and used their slings and crossbows to drivethe enemy away from the walls. The Turks threw downfrom the parapet oil, boiling pitch, large stones, and enor-mous beams; but they could not check the enthusiasm ofthe Christians. The Inner Wall Solid. â The Crusaders tore down theouter wall, but found an inner one which was solid. Theymust either scale it with ladders or give it up. Having oneladder that was long enough to reach the top, the bravestmounted upon it and fought the Turks hand to hand. Butso few could gain the top with but one ladder that theycould not hold their own against the swarm of Saracens.Heaven did not come to their aid, and their bravery wasunvailing. So the Christians had to retreat. Building Machines of War. â

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