Cf. Isaiah xxiii

28. I. Duquesne bombarded Algiers in 1681 and i68a, and after reducing the town to ashes, delivered the Christian slaves who were retained in it. Algiers was the first town that was bombarded from the sea (Oct. a8, 1681). Voltaire relates that the Dey of Algiers, having heard what the expédition cost Louis XIV, exclaimed : * Why, for half the money, I would hâve burned down the whole town.'

23. 3. Tu ne sais comment assouvir ta rage, * Les Algériens, dans la

rage que leur inspirait la destruction répandue autour d'eux, lancèrent aux ennemis, à l'aide de leurs mortiers, les membres épars de leurs prisonniers, et du consul lui-même.'