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These would have been sufficient to hold the fortress against a significant attack, but once the enemy, in numbers, as we were, were within, the defense of the holding would be a lost cause. - (Guardsman of Gor, Chapter 10, Sentence #215)

From the wall's height I could see the walk near the holding crowded with our men, emerged from the holds of the Tuka and Tina. The fleet of Policrates, as I knew, some forty ships, was abroad, to prevent reinforcements from the eastern towns, should they appear, from proceeding westward to assist at the defense of the chain. Accordingly, within the fortress, under the command of Kliomenes, only a small force had been left, some two hundred to two hundred and fifty men. These would have been sufficient to hold the fortress against a significant attack, but once the enemy, in numbers, as we were, were within, the defense of the holding would be a lost cause. From the wall, looking down and across the sea yard, Callimachus and I saw Aemilianus emerging from the holding. He looked upward, toward the wall. He lifted his bloody sword into the air. - (Guardsman of Gor)