He had been disgusted by the inhumanity of Rosen, but, being only second in command, could not venture to express publicly all that he thought.

He however remonstrated strongly.

Some Irish officers felt on this occasion as it was natural that brave men should feel, and declared, weeping with pity and indignation, that they should never cease to have in their ears the cries of the poor women and children who had been driven at the point of the pike to die of famine between the camp and the city.

Rosen persisted during forty-eight hours.

In that time many unhappy creatures perished: but Londonderry held out as resolutely as ever; and he saw that his crime was likely to produce nothing but hatred and obloquy.