sentences:  It was anticipated that the original effort to bridge the moat would allow the besiegers to reach the east wall on 24 August.A second effort to bridge the moat to the south was begun, as was a more complicated project to tunnel towards the east gate.Royalist agents attempted to persuade the garrison to surrender, and Royalist cavalry staged a mock battle in an unsuccessful attempt to lure the garrison out of the city in the belief that a relief force had arrived.