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Another moment , and a mighty crash sounded on their ears , while the tower fell to the earth , amidst volumes of wreathing smoke and showers of dust , which were borne , by the concussion to the spot on which they took their last gaze of the proudest fortress on which the Moors of Granada had beheld , from their own walls , the standard of Arragon and Castile . At the same time , Leila -- thus brought so strangely within the very reach of her father and her lover , and yet , by a mysterious fate , still divided from both , -- with Donna Inez , and the rest of the females of the garrison , pursued her melancholy path along the ridges of the mountains . Boadbil followed up his late success with a series of brilliant assaults on-the neighbouring fortresses . Granada , like a strong man bowed to the ground , wrenched one after one the bands that had crippled her liberty and strength ; and , at length , after regaining a considerable portion of the surrounding territory , the king resolved to lay siege to the seaport of Salobrena . Could he obtain this town , Boabdil , by establishing communication between the sea and Granada , would both be enabled to avail himself of the assistance of his African allies , and also prevent the Spaniards from cutting off supplies to the city , should they again besiege it . Thither , then , accompanied by Muza , the Moorish king bore his victorious standard . On the eve of his departure , Almamen sought the king 's presence .