, 1877-06-16
Taking of Constan.inopie.

Taking of COnstantin0pie.
For ,,early four hundred aud twenty five
wears Con-rAn'Iu"p- has remsined nndis-
urh,-d 10 'h. p,sS, s-ion of The Turks On
Nav 90, l453-,he city WAS then the capital
of the Byz .urine empIre-it WAS st' rmed by
| the Turks. rhe last Byz ,nfine emperor, Con-
srao,iue XIII. losing his life IN the defense.
The rakiny of the city thus powerfully de-
.cr,b-d by Rivhard KnoIles his - History
of the Tark-," published in 1903, and a sec.
ond ediiioa in 1910:
"A little before day the Turks approached
| the walls and began 'he ASSAULT. where shot
, and souss were delivered upon them from
The walls ~ thick a. hail. whereof little fell
III vain. by reason OF the multitude u Turks,
| whc pressing fasr apon the walls, could not
--e in The dark how 10 defend IN msriVes,
bat were without numbrr wounded OF riaIn
| but these We're of the common or worst
| soldiers, OF whom the Turkish king made no
more reckoning than 10 abAre The first force
| of the defendants. Upon the first appear
ance Of The day, Mohanned gave the sign
appointed for the general assanit, whrreupon
| the city WIS in moment, aud al one Instant,
on every side, E,o-t fnrIousIy assaulted ty
the Turks; fur the Muh rmmed. the more ~
distress he defendants, aud the better 10 the
f1ryaIduess of the soldiers had brfure ap-
pointed which part of The city every colOncl
with hi- regiment should nssaii which they
| valiAntly performed, delivering their arrOws
aud .hors upon ihe defendants W Ib,ck THAT
the lIgh' OF day was iherewith darkeDed;
| o hers IN the meantime courageous,y muunI-
/ ing the scaling ladders, aud COMM, even To
4 ! = J al.
wall, whrIe the foremost were for The must
part violently borne forward 10y them which
| followed after. On the other side, the ChIls
riaus with less courage wirhs'Uoi 'he
| Turkish fury, beating 'hrm down again
with great stones and weigh'y pieces of tIIn-
! b.r. and 80 overwhelmed them with shot,
darts, aud arrows, and other hurtfa devices
| from above, that the Turks, dismayed With
The terror thereof, were ready rrtue.
| - Mohammed seeing the great slaughter
and dI>con.f ure OF his men. sent IN iresh
supplies ut his inn,sSarirs aud his best III u
J OF war, whom he had for 'ha; purpose re-
I s.rved a. hts lusr hope and refuge; bY whose
( cunning On his fainrIUg soldiers were again
encouraged, and the terrible assault began
nfresh At which time the barbaruus king
ceased not 10 us all possible means 10 main
the assault; by name calling upon tins and
| that captain, promising unto SOME whom he
saw TO award golden mouutaips, and unto
| others III whom he SAW any kind ut coward
Ice threaurnlug most terrible dra b. by which
mans the assault became nost dreadful,
death there ranging IN the midst of many
thousands. And albeit thr IuIks lay dead
| III heaps upon The ground. Yes Other fresh
men pressed Ou still III -heir places over their
! dead TO lies, aud vi diverse either sew Or
werr slain by rh-Ir euuInl5s.
'In tins 70 great conflict, 1t chanced
|. jus IuIaDus, the general, to be wounded III
The arm. " ho. lu-lag much blood. co~ardly
Withdrew himself from the place Ia his
charge, not leaving any 10 suppiy has room,
| aud got iu o the cl 10y The gale called hO
nlau4, " hIch be had causet % be Opened III
the inner vail; pretending the cause OF his
departure to be tor the b,udi"g up Of Lis
wound, but bang indeed, Ii now al.o-
.;elh-r diScunrAsed-
The soldiers there present, disnayed
with the departure Of their general, and rOre
charged by he .Di,sArle-. IOrsoUk their stu
alton. and III haste Id To the same gate
whereby jus luIanu- Was entered ; vi The
sight whrIeuf The other soldiers, disnayed,
hii!ier ty heaps also But whilst they
violently slr-ved 10 get III at once, they 81
wed5ed one AuU. her III The enIrance Ot The
gate that fz~ oi 50 great multitude gof In,
" h;ch great n press and confusion ot
minis. eight hundred prisons wrre there by
them that followed trUddvn under foot,
| thrust 10 dea'h. The emperor himself. for
safeguard of his lii-, fy.us with the rest in
hat
ended his days. roge her vi the Greek
empire HIS dead body was shortly after
found by the Turks among rie slain, and
known by hiS rich apparel. whose head being
| cut Utf, Was f,rthRiIh presented TO Ihr Turk
Ish Iyran', by whose commandment II WAS
aft rward thrust upon the point of a lance,
and IN great derision carried abOII ss u
rIophy ot MS victory, hr>t IN he camp, and
afterwards up aud down the cry.
The Turks. encuurn&ed wI'h the Fl .ht Of
the Chris ians, presently advanced ihe,r eu-
signs upon the Top of rhe urtermnst wall, cry
nag victory. Victory and by the breach
entered If II had been great food, which
having once found breach In he bank.
"veitOwe'h. and bearerh down all before It
20 The Turk, Nhra they had won the outer
wall, entered the city by the same gate that
WAS opened Tor JUS iInruus, and by breach
which boy had beiOrr made with heir great
artillery, and WITHOUT mercy cutting IN
pieces all that came in hIs way, WIIEUuT
fur'h her r-sis ance beearnl lords OF thai must
famous aud imperial CRY.
'ln this tury of the brrbariaus prrished
mtDy thousands OF men, wuIneu aud children,
without rrspecr OF aye, SIX OF condr'lun-
Many for safeguard of rh-ir lives. f-d iaro
the temple Of Suphin, where Thy ali
without ply slain, excrpi sUme tew reserved
by the barb1rons vicfors To purposes InUrr
srirvous ihan death itself. The rich aid
be.utifui ornaments and jewels of The most
snn,p nons aud magn,iie-n, church - the
! stately building of JustiuIanus the emp-ror-
were, iu the :uruIug of hand, pluck d
down aud carried away by the Turk; and
the church itself. built for G0d 10 be houored
ia, for the present eouv-rted into a s;ablr tor
| their horses, OC place for The ex-curiOn OF
their abOn,iusble and un-peak4ble fiiIhiness;
! the image Of the crncifix was also by them
| taken down, and Turk cap put upou The
head thereof, and rel up ard shot at with
their arrows, and after yard, IN great 6=TiS;on
carried about ia th-ir camp, ss If il bad IN
prooe-sIon, vi drums playing bef0re 1t,
railing and spi'ting at II, and calling it The
God OF the Chris iaus. which | uo'e Was not
70 much done IN contempt OF he im-ge ia
| despite Of Christ and he Christian religion.
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TERRIFIED.-As train Was slowly crawl
! ing Uur Uf be station at Indianapolis The
o brr day. M individual, with Terror d-picr-
ed IN every line or his eOunrenanee, Was seen
| running af'rr II, making lime that would
not have disgraced the record Of The light
DiBg express. As be gr4spd The rail and
drew himself up on the ST ps. The look OF her
still GU his face, be corfi-d Is secret to