His wounded soldiers were charmed by the benignant courtesy with which he walked among their pallets, assisted while wounds were dressed by the hospital surgeons, and breakfasted on a porringer of the hospital broth.
While all was obedience and enthusiasm among the besiegers, all was disunion and dismay among the besieged.

The duty of the French lines was so well performed that no messenger sent by William was able to cross them.

The garrison did not know that relief was close at hand.

The burghers were appalled by the prospect of those horrible calamities which befall cities taken by storm.

Showers of shells and redhot bullets were falling in the streets.