five o'clock
The inhabitants took advantage of the lull to hurry back to their houses , whence they removed the lighter and more portable articles ; but the heavy stores -- of which it now appeared many of them had large quantities concealed -- they were , of course , unable to take away . The discovery of these stores excited much indignation among the troops . The inhabitants had been constantly representing themselves as reduced to the last point of hunger , and had frequently received provisions from the scanty supplies of the garrison ; and the soldiers were exasperated on finding that , all this time , they possessed great stores of wine , flour , and other articles ; which they were hoarding to produce , and sell , when prices should rise to even more exorbitant heights than they had already reached . At five o'clock the enemy 's batteries opened again ; and the firing continued , without intermission , all that night . As several casualties had taken place , in the barracks and quarters ; marquees were , on the following morning , served out to all the officers whose quarters were exposed to fire , and these were pitched near Europa Point , as were also a large number of tents for the use of the inhabitants . A considerable body of troops were kept under arms , near the northern gate , in case the Spaniards should attempt to make an assault under cover of their fire ; and five hundred officers and men were told off , to assist in the work of getting the supplies up from the wharves , as fast as they were landed from the transports . The bombardment continued during the whole of the next two days .