 ... put all the inhabitants to the sword, without distinction of age or sex. The rest of the district submitted without further opposition.* On his second coming from Germany, Ella landed at Old Shoreham, with the reinforcements which effected the conquest...  Camden's Britannia epitomized and continued - Page 198by Samuel Tymms - 1842Full view - About this book
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1813 - 1036 pages
...assault; and Ella, in revenge for the obstinate defence of the inhabitants, ordered them all to be put to the sword, without distinction of age or sex. The rest of the district immediately submitted without farther opposition.* Ella now assumed the title of King of the South... | |
 | Eneas Mackenzie - Berwick-upon-Tweed (England) - 1825 - 550 pages
...Benedict of Peterborough says, commanded by Earl Duncan, entered the town of Warkworth, burnt it, and put all the inhabitants to the sword, without distinction of age or sex : the soldiers broke open the church of St. Lawrence, in which, and in the house of the minister, they slew... | |
 | Samuel Tymms - England - 1832 - 262 pages
...into a country bravely defended by its inhabitants, he went home for fresh supplies, which in 4/8, arrived in such numbers as to induce him to undertake...given in Hay's Chichester ; on what authority does nut appear. It seems nut improbable that he has transferred to this place an event (which belongs to... | |
 | Jacques Roergas de Serviez - Emperors - 1899 - 274 pages
...they yielded without attempting to defend themselves. Aurelian treated them with the utmost severity, put all the inhabitants to the sword without distinction of age or sex, and entirely demolished the town. This rigorous proceeding did not, however, prevent a new tyrant from... | |
 | Jacques Roergas de Serviez - Emperors - 1899 - 594 pages
...they yielded without attempting to defend themselves. Aurelian treated them with the utmost severity, put all the inhabitants to the sword without distinction of age or sex, and entirely demolished the town. This rigorous proceeding did not, however, prevent a new tyrant from... | |
 | England - 1900 - 408 pages
...reinforcements, with which they took the city by assault, and, in revenge, ordered all the inhabitants to be put to the sword, without distinction of age or sex. The...landed at Old Shoreham, with the reinforcements which enabled him to accomplish the conquest of the province. AD 485, a hard battle was fought between Ella... | |
 | Salo Wittmayer Baron - History - 1973 - 564 pages
...had for all Muslims, they not only sacked, burnt, and destroyed those settlements, but barbarously put all the inhabitants to the sword, without distinction of age or sex. Even nowadays, these islanders, who are half-breed Kaffirs and Arabs, preserve the memory of the great... | |
 | Philip Yale Nicholson - History - 1999 - 252 pages
..."great terror" since they "not only sacked, burnt, and destroyed those settlements, but barbarously put all the inhabitants to the sword, without distinction of age or sex." 4 The Portuguese church had uneven results in its efforts to make new converts among its colonial subjects... | |
 | Philip Yale Nicholson - History - 1999 - 260 pages
..."great terror" since they "not only sacked, burnt, and destroyed those settlements, but barbarously put all the inhabitants to the sword, without distinction of age or sex."4 The Portuguese church had uneven results in its efforts to make new converts among its colonial... | |
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