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| 47 | 11 | These boats were few and overcrowded, and View more quotes about largely">largely exposed to arrow fire. |
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| 47 | 8 | This plenitude of striking force was applied both singly and randomly and, occasionally, in thick volleys, falling like a dark, torrential rain of death. |
| 47 | 9 | I, and others, my men and the fighters of Mytilene, from the town walls, watched the mercenaries' harried retreat to the sea, through a corridor flanked by lifted shields. |
| 47 | 10 | The corsair ships did not risk coming within range of the peasant archery but sent forth a small fleet of longboats to ferry their mercenaries to the safety of the ships. |
| 47 | 11 | These boats were few and overcrowded, and largely exposed to arrow fire. |
| 47 | 12 | We saw two swamped and overturned. |
| 47 | 13 | Men killed one another for a place on the thwarts. |
| 47 | 14 | Several cast aside helmets, weapons, and shields and tried to swim to the waiting ships. |