text:  These regular ramparts however even when completed can never be relied on as a security against the guerilla attacks of these daring marauders who can wade through the sea at low water round the flanks of the Turkish wall and scramble over precipices to get in the rear of the outposts--and accordingly during 1840 the garrison had to withstand two more desperate attempts (May 20 and July 4 ) to surprise the place both of which were beaten off after some hard fighting though in one instance the attacking party succeeded in carrying off a considerable amount of plunder from the encampment near the Turkish wall