 | George Finlay - 1854 - 708 páginas
...ground occupied by the Crusaders in 1203, and immediately ordered the construction of lines, extending from the head of the port to the shore of the Propontis. These lines were formed of a mound of earth, and they served both to restrain the sorties of the besieged,... | |
 | William Smith - 1855 - 724 páginas
...rather see the turban of the Turk ruling in the heart of the city, (lian the mitre of the ЬпЛш. (Ducas, Hist. Byzant., c. 37, p. 264.) used) — were...Propontis, and erected his batteries, fourteen in all, agairtst the principal gates, — esjiecially against Chasias and St. Romanos, — the latter of which... | |
 | Cornelius Conway Felton - 1867 - 568 páginas
...amounted to only nine thousand men. The fleet consisted of twenty-three vessels of all kinds. The entrance of the port was closed by a strong chain, the end...the mouth, for the purpose of firing granite balls. It took two months to transport it one hundred and eight miles ; it was drawn by a hundred oxen, and... | |
 | Cornelius Conway Felton - 1867 - 566 páginas
...amounted to only nine thousand men. The fleet consisted of twenty-three vessels of all kinds. The entrance of the port was closed by a strong chain, the end...principal gates, especially against Chasias and St. Romanos, the latter of which is now called Top Kapou, Cannon Gate, in commemoration of the siege. A... | |
 | Cornelius Conway Felton - 1867 - 582 páginas
...men. The fleet consisted of twenty-three vessels of all kinds. The entrance of the port was closed bv a strong chain, the end of which was secured in a...principal gates, especially against Chasias and St. Romanos, the latter of which is now called Top Kapou, Cannon Gate, in commemoration of the siege. A... | |
 | george finlay - 1877 - 546 páginas
...the ground occupied by the Crusaders in 1203, and immediately commenced constructing lines, extending from the head of the port to the shore of the Propontis. These lines were formed of a mound of earth, and served both to restrain the sorties of the besieged,... | |
 | George Finlay - 1877 - 550 páginas
...the ground occupied by the Crusaders in 1203, and immediately commenced constructing lines, extending from the head of the port to the shore of the Propontis. These lines were formed of a mound of earth, and served both to restrain the sorties of the besieged,... | |
 | George Finlay - 1877 - 548 páginas
...the ground occupied by the Crusaders in 1203, and immediately commenced constructing lines, extending from the head of the port to the shore of the Propontis. These lines were formed of a mound of earth, and served both to restrain the sorties of the besieged,... | |
 | George Finlay - 1877 - 548 páginas
...the ground occupied by the Crusaders in 1203, and immediately commenced constructing lines, extending from the head of the port to the shore of the Propontis. These lines were formed of a mound of earth, and served both to restrain the sorties of the besieged,... | |
 | Edmund Ollier - 1884 - 608 páginas
...the world ; on that day the attacking forces began the construction of their lines, which extended from the head of the port to the shore of the Propontis. The Turkish army was accompanied by Uleiuas, Sheikhs, and descendants of the Prophet ; by large numbers... | |
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Propontis was not far from nine miles in length, and the whole garrison amounted to only nine thousand men. The fleet consisted of twenty-three vessels of all kinds. The entrance of the port was closed by a strong chain, the end of which was secured in... 
