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Chivalut,
enemy ^ e com of the Gross must quail to the iin ^ the signal that Heaven solemnly devoted to i ^ happy death an ^ worthy to i ^ eet it , let lis renew at the altar those v invincible in the fighti '
The Knights then m syn ^ ol of fe the last drop of their blood was drained . A general m the entire ^ f ^ besides the serving native and foreign . ^; '' : ;/¦ :. ¦¦; .
It was M the 18 th of $ ^ descri ^ the Turkish s ^ uadrpM ^ 30 , 000 soldfe ^ and many store-ships , eonv two days ; sonie troops were landed , and hostile first assault cost the ^ rks ^ 3 ^ 000 men ^ and tho besieged about 1 , 000 .
The siege wa > s eoptinued ; with unabated vigour , and the besiegers , cm the 16 th of Jun great loss on both sides ^ it was on the 23 rd that the Turkish general , confining his operations to Fort St . Elmo , which he had managed to cut off from the rest of the works , entered that fort after every man of the garrison had
been slain . The defence of St . Elmo cost the Order 300 Knights and 1 , 300 soldiers , the Turks losing 8 , 000 . These assaults , and the bombardment , were continued with little remission until the first week in September , when a fleet , conveying 8 , 000 men , under the command of the viceroy of Sicily , was sent in aid of the little band of heroes by Philip of ( Spain . As soon as the succour came in sight ,
the Turkish commander , not waiting to ascertain its strength , abandoned Fort St . Elmo , with his heavy ordnance , and hurried on board his ships . He , however , relanded 7 , 000 soldiers , and approached the Sicilian troops . The latter , though safely entrenched , advanced to the attack , and a short conflict decided the event . The infidels fled , and were chased to the beach by the victorious army , which was
greatly aided by the vigour of 200 of the Knights , and their attendants . The Turkish leader abandoned the enterprise , got the remnant of his forces aboard the ships , and returned to Constantinople , —this memorable siege thus ending in a loss of 25 , 000 Turks . The loss on the other side was 260 Knights , and some 8 , 000 soldiers and citizens . A nobler resistance was never made by a besieged fortress , the defenders being reduced to under 600 effective men .
The arms of Solyman had , however , sustained an absolute defeat . The siege lasted two full months , and was not raised till two-thirds of the Turkish force had perished before the place . The corsair Torghud , who had succeeded to the fame of Barbarossa , was among the slain . The most barbarous contrivances were put in practice to H 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Chivalut,
enemy ^ e com of the Gross must quail to the iin ^ the signal that Heaven solemnly devoted to i ^ happy death an ^ worthy to i ^ eet it , let lis renew at the altar those v invincible in the fighti '
The Knights then m syn ^ ol of fe the last drop of their blood was drained . A general m the entire ^ f ^ besides the serving native and foreign . ^; '' : ;/¦ :. ¦¦; .
It was M the 18 th of $ ^ descri ^ the Turkish s ^ uadrpM ^ 30 , 000 soldfe ^ and many store-ships , eonv two days ; sonie troops were landed , and hostile first assault cost the ^ rks ^ 3 ^ 000 men ^ and tho besieged about 1 , 000 .
The siege wa > s eoptinued ; with unabated vigour , and the besiegers , cm the 16 th of Jun great loss on both sides ^ it was on the 23 rd that the Turkish general , confining his operations to Fort St . Elmo , which he had managed to cut off from the rest of the works , entered that fort after every man of the garrison had
been slain . The defence of St . Elmo cost the Order 300 Knights and 1 , 300 soldiers , the Turks losing 8 , 000 . These assaults , and the bombardment , were continued with little remission until the first week in September , when a fleet , conveying 8 , 000 men , under the command of the viceroy of Sicily , was sent in aid of the little band of heroes by Philip of ( Spain . As soon as the succour came in sight ,
the Turkish commander , not waiting to ascertain its strength , abandoned Fort St . Elmo , with his heavy ordnance , and hurried on board his ships . He , however , relanded 7 , 000 soldiers , and approached the Sicilian troops . The latter , though safely entrenched , advanced to the attack , and a short conflict decided the event . The infidels fled , and were chased to the beach by the victorious army , which was
greatly aided by the vigour of 200 of the Knights , and their attendants . The Turkish leader abandoned the enterprise , got the remnant of his forces aboard the ships , and returned to Constantinople , —this memorable siege thus ending in a loss of 25 , 000 Turks . The loss on the other side was 260 Knights , and some 8 , 000 soldiers and citizens . A nobler resistance was never made by a besieged fortress , the defenders being reduced to under 600 effective men .
The arms of Solyman had , however , sustained an absolute defeat . The siege lasted two full months , and was not raised till two-thirds of the Turkish force had perished before the place . The corsair Torghud , who had succeeded to the fame of Barbarossa , was among the slain . The most barbarous contrivances were put in practice to H 2