Identifier: battlerollencycl00perc (find matches)
Title: The battle roll: an encyclopedia containing descriptions of the most famous and memorable land battles and sieges in all ages
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Perce, Elbert, 1831-1869
Subjects: Battles
Publisher: New York, Mason brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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orks and machines were destroyed.Several of the workmen met a miserabledeath in the flames which consumed thetowers. The Macedonians, however werenot discouraged; they recommenced theirwork, built new machines, and with a greaternumber of workmen than before, carried thepier forward with a rapidity which surprisedand terrified the Tyrians. . The mole wasnearly finished, and brought almost to thewalls of the city, when suddenly a violenttempest arose, and as if by magic the entirepier was swept away. Alexander was awarethat it would be impossilile for him to com-plete his causeway, or take the city so longas the Tyrians remained masters of the sea.Accordingly he collected his few ships to-gether, and having received other vesselsfrom his allies, he came to anchor with hiswhole fleet along the shore near the mole,which liis soldiers were rebuilding, where hisgalleys rode in safety. His fleet consisted of221 galleys, the greater part of Avhich werefurnished by his allies. The Macedonians
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TYRE. 657 worked on the new pier with surprising en-ergy, and at length, after many delays, not-withstanding the prodigious efforts of theTyrians to destroy and retard their work,the mole was finished. It was much broaderthan the others, and was more firm andcompact in its structure. The Macedoniansplanted military engines of all kinds on thecauseway, in order to batter and shake thewalls of the city, and to hurl on the besiegedarrows, stones and burning torches. At thesame time Alexander ordered the command-ers to surround the city with their ships.The Tyrians, on their side, also made prepa-rations for a vigorous defense. On the sideof the city which lay toward the causeway,they erected stone towers of great height,and of a proportionate breadth. Access toany other part of the city was very near asdifficult, the Tyrians having fenced the footof the waUs with great stones, to keep theenemy from approaching it. The besiegedalso advanced in covered galleys, and cut thecables which held

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