CHAPTER X

A NEW WORLD IS BORN The attack of the Tower Army from the rear proved to be what Zorn had guessed. Two divisions, approximately two thousand men, had been sent by the round-about to divert attention. Over-captain Ransome, who commanded them, had orders to take no chances. His business was to feint an attack, but wait until the trumpets told him Frederick had cut through from the east; then rush in to cut up the retreating Torches. So Ransome kept his men under cover of ruined walls, and the fighting that followed…