The battle raged from noon until dusk.
Thick, dried blood flowed wantonly on the city walls, transforming into a hellish picture with a pungent bloody stench.
The Ottomans left countless corpses behind as they retreated.
As night fell, they clearly had no interest in continuing the night battle. However, the enemy's artillery positions once again unleashed their power, bombing the city, though with little effect, resembling more of an aimless venting of frustration.
Constantinople also had its own cannons.
They were crafted earlier by Urban for Constantine XI, but due to financial constraints, the calibers were all small. After Urban conducted an on-site examination of the Theodosius Wall's structure, he concluded that cannons were difficult to install in the towers.
It was too ancient; this millennium-old wall did not consider installing cannons at its design inception.
Losa did not know whether to call Constantine XI broad-minded or foolish.
