Chapter VII

SUCCESSES OF THE SPANIARDS--FRUITLESS OFFERS TO GUATEMOZIN--BUILDINGS RAZED TO THE GROUND--TERRIBLE FAMINE--THE TROOPS GAIN THE MARKET-PLACE--BATTERING ENGINE

Allies return to the Camp 60

Accession of Confederates 62

Plan of the Campaign 63

The Breaches filled 65

Famine in the City 66

Fruitless Offers to Guatemozin 67

Council of the Aztecs 67

Result of their Deliberations 69

Buildings razed to the Ground 69

Single Combats 71

Guatemozin’s Palace in Flames 72

Sufferings of the Besieged 73

Neglect of their Dead 73

Their unconquerable Spirit 75

Conflagration of the Teocalli 76

Success of Alvarado 77

Spaniards in the Market-place 79

Cortés surveys the City 80

Its Desolation 81

Battering Engine 82

Its Failure 83