Excerpt from An Iron-Bound City, Vol. 2 of 2: Or, Five Months of Peril and PrivationWas deafening, and almost continuous. While it was at its height the troops were stealthily moved to a position on the edge of the Marne behind the islet of Fanac. The scene was picturesque in the extreme - such a scene as Rembrandt or Salvator would have loved to paint. There were in it effects.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.