Великий военный синдикат

           Asthecloudbegantosettle,itwasborneouttoseabythewind,andthenitwasrevealedthatthefortificationsofCaerdaffhaddisappeared.Intenminutestherewasanothersmokesignal,andagreatcloudoverthecastellatedstructureontheothersideofthebay.Thecloudpassedaway,leavingavacantspaceontheothersideofthebay.Thesecondshocksentapanicthroughthecrowdofspectators.Thenextearthquakebombmightstrikeamongthem.Downtheeasternslopesranhundredsofthem,leavingonlyafewofthebravestcivilians,thereportersofthepress,andthenavalandmilitarymen.Thenextmotor-bombdescendedintothefishingvillage,thecomminutedparticlesofwhich,beingmostlyoflightmaterial,floatedfarouttosea.Thedetachmentofartilleristswhohadbeendeputedtomanthegunsontheheightswhichcommandedthebayhadbeenorderedtofallbacktothemountainsassoonasithadbeenseenthatitwasnottheintentionoftherepellertosendboatsonshore.Themostcourageousofthespectatorstrembledalittlewhenthefourthbombwasdischarged,foritcamefartherinland,andstrucktheheightonwhichthebatteryhadbeenplaced,removingallvestigesoftheguns,caissons,andtheledgeofrockonwhichtheyhadstood.Themotor-bombswhichtherepellerwasnowdischargingwereofthelargestsizeandgreatestpower,andadozenmoreofthemweredischargedatintervalsofafewminutes.Thepromontoryonwhichthefortificationshadstoodwasannihilated,andthewatersofthebaysweptoveritsfoundations.