two o'clock
At twelve o'clock the assault slackened . The soldiers had long left and , so far as could be seen from the roof of the house , had entirely evacuated the town ; and as this fact became known to the mob , the thought of the consequences of their action cooled their fury ; for they knew that , probably , the troops would land from the British ships next day . Each man had his plunder to secure , and gradually the crowd melted away . By two o'clock all was quiet ; and although , occasionally , fresh fires burst out in various quarters of the town , there could be little doubt that the great bulk of the population had followed the example of the army , and had left the city . Then the besieged gathered in the great office on the ground floor ; and , as it was agreed that there would be probably no renewal of the attack , they quietly left the house , locking the doors after them , and made their way down to the shore . They believed that they were the only survivors , but when they reached the end of the town , they found that the building of the Credit Lyonnais had also been successfully defended , though the Ottoman Bank had been overpowered , and all within it , upwards of a hundred in number , killed . Gregory had done his full share in the defence , and received a musket ball in the shoulder .