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LOOTING THE CITY 217 flames of war had risen too high for this precaution to be of any avail in extinguishing them. All day Thursday and throughout the night, nearly fifteen thou- HINDU WOMEN. sand Turks were engaged in slaying, plundering, and destroying. When Friday morning dawned, my entire army, no longer under control, went off to the city and thought of nothing but killing, plundering, and making pris- oners. The sack was general during the whole day, and continued throughout the following day, Saturday, the