Потерянный континент: история Атлантиды

           Itwasnofeatofarmsthisbreakingupoftherebelleaguer,andnopractisedsoldierwouldwishtoclaimitassuch.Itwassimplytakingadvantageofthechancesofthemoment,andassuchitwassuccessful.Givenanopenbattleontheirownground,thesedesperaterebelswouldhavefoughttillnonecouldstand,andbysheerferociousnumberswouldhavepulleddownanytrainedtroopsthatthecitycouldhavesentagainstthem,whethertheyhadadvancedinphalanxorwhatformationyouwill.Foritmustberememberedtheywerefarremovedfromcowards,beingAtlanteanall,justaswerethosewithinthecity,andwere,moreover,spurredtoextraordinarysavagenessanddesperationbytheoppressionunderwhichtheyhadgroaned,andthewrongstheyhadbeenforcedtoendure.

           Still,asIsay,thepoorcreatureswerescattered,andthesiegewasraisedfromthatmoment,anditwasplaintoseethattherebellionmightbemadetoend,ifnounreasonableharshnesswasusedforitsfinalsuppression.Toogreatseverity,thoughperhapsitmaybejustlytheirportion,onlydrivessuchmalcontentstofurtherdesperations.

           Now,followingupthesefugitives,tomakesurethattherewasnohaltintheirretreat,andtosendthelessonofpanicthoroughlyhometothem,hadledusalongdistancefromthecitywalls;andaswehadfoughtallthroughtheburningheatofthedayandmymenwereheavilywearied,Idecidedtohaltwherewewereforthenightamongstsomehalf-ruinedhouseswhichwouldmakeatemporaryfortification.