The French master of artillery wrote "I have been on many tours of duty, but I have never before seen so large a fire or so much desolation as there seems to be in that city."
Ahli artileri Prancis menulis "saya sudah banyak melakukan tugas, tetapi belum pernah melihat kebakaran begitu besar atau kehancuran begitu banyak seperti yang terlihat di kota itu."