The Great Siege: Malta 1565 by Ernle Bradford

Author:Ernle Bradford [Bradford, Ernle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: History, Non-Fiction, cookie429
ISBN: 9781840222067
Publisher: e-reads.com
Published: 1961-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

The fall of St Elmo

Through the narrowstreets of Birgu, the Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem went in solemn procession to the Conventual Church of St Lawrence. It was Thursday, 21 June 1565, the Feast of Corpus Christi—an occasion that, throughout all the centuries since their foundation, the Knights had never failed to honour. At this dark moment of the Great Siege, with the fall of St Elmo hourly expected, they maintained this tradition, and put aside their arms and armour. Dressed in the formal dark robes of the Order, with the white eight-pointed Cross embroidered upon it,

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