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Meanwhile Jerusalem was in the fury of barbarous warfare At this

ravine and that debouching upon Golgotha, the Vale of Hinnoers were stationed Along the

walls the men of Siates furious sorties were anized Jeho fell upon the Rohtered,

set fire to engines, destroyed banks and thren fortifications and

retreated within the gates before the demoralized Romans could rally

Catapult and ballista upon the e rain of enormous stones which whistled and screamed in the

air and shook Jerusale boom and

the tre

crash of houses crushing and the increase of uproar, as scores of

luckless inhabitants went down under the falling rock Giant cranes

with huge, ludicrous aard ar them ponderously into the city to do whatever horror of

fire and torture had not been done by the engines Hourly the rattle

of small stones increased, merely to attract the attention of the

citizens to an activity to which they were so accustomed that it was

almost unnoticed At tiate or segth to keep the