But the fighting men of the garrison were so much exhausted that they could scarcely keep their legs.

Several of them, in the act of striking at the enemy, fell down from mere weakness.

A very small quantity of grain remained, and was doled out by mouthfuls.

The stock of salted hides was considerable, and by gnawing them the garrison appeased the rage of hunger.

Dogs, fattened on the blood of the slain who lay unburied round the town, were luxuries which few could afford to purchase.