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[Destroying in their course the deserted cottages of the famous 

 Eobert, whom they slew, and in their turn defeated with gn at 

 loss, they bravely escaped to their ships without booty ; they met 

 with no greater success at the church of St. Germain, miraculously 

 defended by the Saint.] 



February 6, 886. " Alas ! during the silence of night the middle of the 

 bridge fell in, carried away by the force of the furious waters. It was not so 

 with the tower, which, built ou land belonging to the happy S;iint, remained 

 standing on its foundations. Both were on the right side of the city. 



"At sunrise the cruel Danes awoke, boarded their vessels, filled them with 

 arms and shields, crossed the Seine, surrounded the unfortunate tower, and 

 assailed it repeatedly with showers of missiles. At last, after a desperate fight, 

 in which the besieged behaved nobly, the infamous besiegers, seeing that 

 nothing could bend these brave hearts, brought before the gates of the 

 unhappy tower a car filled with grains, and set it on fire. Another fierce 

 struggle takes place ; the Danes allow the flames to do their work, and retire ; 

 from want of vessels for drawing water the tower was destroyed, and the 

 besieged retired to the end of the bridge which was still standing, and main- 

 tained the fight till sundown." 



