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| 17 | 285 | They had been View more quotes about fighting">fighting behind a breastwork of fallen bodies, those of both Cosians and defenders. |
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| 17 | 282 | I went to my right then to survey what might be the case on the west. |
| 17 | 283 | I watched. |
| 17 | 284 | Then, suddenly the defenders there, holding the west walkway, withdrew. |
| 17 | 285 | They had been fighting behind a breastwork of fallen bodies, those of both Cosians and defenders. |
| 17 | 286 | The Cosians seemed for a moment bewildered, but then, with a great cry, swarmed over the bodies in pursuit. |
| 17 | 287 | Scarcely were the defenders drawn back than the great cauldron of oil, its oil now ignited, now aflame, into which the buckets on long handles had been dipped, was overturned with poles and flooded the walkway behind them. |
| 17 | 288 | The bulk of the Cosians stopped at this wall of flames some forty feet in width. |