Hornblower and the Hotspur by C. S. Forester

Author:C. S. Forester [Forester, C. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: War stories, Historical, Action & Adventure, Hornblower; Horatio (Fictitious character), Fiction, Napoleonic Wars; 1800-1815, Great Britain, Sea Stories, Historical fiction, Great Britain - History; Naval - 19th century, Classics
ISBN: 9780316290463
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 1998-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

"Stand aside! Axemen!"

The door was of solid wood and reinforced with iron, but it was only intended to keep out thieving civilians; a sentry was supposed to guard it, and under the thundering of the axes, it gave way rapidly.

"The guns are all spiked," said Jones.

That was only the smallest part of the business. An iron spike driven into the touch-hole of a gun would render it useless in the heat of the moment, but an armourer working with a drill would clear it in an hour's work. Hornblower was on the step of the parapet looking over the top; the French were rallying for a new attack. But an axehandle was working as a lever through a gap driven in the door. Black had hold of the edge of a panel and with a wild effort tore it free. A dozen more blows, another wrench, and there was a way open through the door. A crouching man could make his way into the blackness inside.

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