By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War
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The place chosen was two orthree hundred yards to the left of that on which the former attack hadbeen made. Then a swarm of men set to work removing some of the sacks, and in a short time twelve rough embrasures were made just wide enoughfor the muzzles of the guns, the sacks removed being piled on theothers, raising them to the height of ten feet and sheltering the menbehind completely from the fire from the walls.
"They will make a breach now, " Mr. Goodenough said. "We must prepare toreceive... them inside. " The populace were at once set to work digging holes and securelyplanting the beams already prepared in a semicircle a hundred feetacross, behind the wall facing the battery. The beams when fixedprojected eight feet above the ground, the spaces between being filledwith bamboos twisted in and out between them. Earth was thrown up behindto the height of four foot for the defenders to stand upon. The spacebetween the stockade and the wall was filled with sharp pointed bamboosand stakes stuck firmly in the ground with their points projectingoutwards.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The place chosen was two orthree hundred yards to the left of that on which the former attack hadbeen made. Then a swarm of men set to work removing some of the sacks, and in a short time twelve rough embrasures were made just wide enoughfor the muzzles of the guns, the sacks removed being piled on theothers, raising them to the height of ten feet and sheltering the menbehind completely from the fire from the walls.
"They will make a breach now, " Mr. Goodenough said. "We must prepare toreceive... them inside. " The populace were at once set to work digging holes and securelyplanting the beams already prepared in a semicircle a hundred feetacross, behind the wall facing the battery. The beams when fixedprojected eight feet above the ground, the spaces between being filledwith bamboos twisted in and out between them. Earth was thrown up behindto the height of four foot for the defenders to stand upon. The spacebetween the stockade and the wall was filled with sharp pointed bamboosand stakes stuck firmly in the ground with their points projectingoutwards.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Henty George Alfred to read onlineMoreLess
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