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| 17 | 1 | View more quotes about battle">Battle; We Will Withdraw to the Landing The bridges of the towers were still raised. |
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| 16 | 537 | Suddenly there was a blast of trumpets from the foot of the wall and the eleven towers, with a lurch and groan, began to creep forward. |
| 16 | 538 | "Hurry!" I cried. |
| 16 | 539 | "Bring stones, poles, tarn wire!" cried men. |
| 17 | 1 | Battle; We Will Withdraw to the Landing The bridges of the towers were still raised. |
| 17 | 2 | These bridges were each about eight to ten feet in width. |
| 17 | 3 | The towers themselves, which taper on the sides and back for stability, but are flat on the approaching surface, to make it possible to come flush with the wall, at that height were about fifteen feet in width. |
| 17 | 4 | They were out from the wall, back from it, some seven feet. |