The reply was an immediate cannonade from the batteries of the citadel; which made the position of those erecting the ramparts excessively dangerous.

The wall was strengthened with bales of merchandise, casks of earth, upturned wagons, and similar bulky objects, hastily piled together.

In, some places it was sixteen feet high; in others less than six.

Night fell before the fortification was nearly completed.

Unfortunately it was bright moonlight.