Bleeding Armenia: Its history and horrors under the curse of Islam
CHAPTER V.
THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE.
Ottoman Empire Rising--Danger to Europe--Mohammed II. the Conqueror--Fortress Built at Gallipoli--Emperor Alarmed-- Europe Indifferent--First Great Siege with Artillery--Seven Weeks Bombardment--Final Assault--50,000 Ottomans Fall--Charge of the Janissaries--Constantine Died at His Post--Church of St. Sophia is turned into a Mosque--Islam sits on the Throne of Christianity 135