"But I quite admit that it may be good policy to keep the men under cover.

They really could do no good against the French batteries; which have all the advantage of position, as well as numbers and weight of metal; and it would certainly be well to reserve the troops till the French drive their trenches close up.

If I thought that the silence of the guns on the walls were due to that, I should be well content; but I am afraid it is nothing of the sort.

If the French keep up their fire, as at present, for another forty-eight hours, the place will throw open its gates.

The inhabitants must be suffering frightfully.