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VOLUME II. CHAPTER I. — SAUMUR.
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In the next three days the Vendeans bombarded the town, and during that time fired against it everything they could cram1 into their cannons2, in the shape of warlike missiles; and they did not do so in vain, for the walls, in portions, began to give way and to crumble4 into the moat, which ran round the town, and communicated with the river Loire on each side of it. The town is built on the Loire, and between the Loire and the Thou茅. After passing over the latter river at the bridge of Fouchard, the road in a few yards came to the draw-bridge over the moat; and from the close vicinity of the two rivers, no difficulty was found in keeping the moat supplied with water in the driest weather. About a mile below the town, the Thoue runs into the Loire.
Cathelineau found the men very impatient during the bombardment; they did not now dream of going home till the work was over, and Saumur taken; but they were very anxious to make a dash at the walls of the town; they could not understand why they should not clamber into the citadel5, as they had done, over the green sods into the camp at Varin. On the fourth morning they were destined6 to have their wish. A temporary bridge over the Thou茅 had been made near Varin, over which a great portion of the cannon3 had been taken to a point near the Loire, from which the royalists had been able to do great damage to the walls; they had succeeded in making a complete breach7 of some yards, through which an easy entrance might be made, were it not for the moat; much of the rubbish from the walls had fallen into it, so as considerably8 to lessen9 the breadth; but there was still about twenty feet of water to be passed, and it was impossible, under the
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cram
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v.填塞,塞满,临时抱佛脚,为考试而学习 | |
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n.加农炮,大炮,火炮( cannon的名词复数 ) | |
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cannon
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breach
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pointed
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battering
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ineffable
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laud
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garrison
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opposition
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frightful
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possessed
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truce
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accede
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v.应允,同意 | |
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acceded
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v.(正式)加入( accede的过去式和过去分词 );答应;(通过财产的添附而)增加;开始任职 | |
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inflict
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requite
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unconditional
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cowardice
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entirely
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conquerors
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doomed
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hacked
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folly
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patriot
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pate
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