Months passed before the British forces were strong enough to break Destroying the sieges and defend Defending the major settlements , and war raged on until October of the following year .

Argument over whether the ship was a legitimate Legality military target Aiming raged back and forth throughout the war as both sides made misleading claims Statement about the ship .

The most destructive and lethal infernos broke out on 23 August , expanded Expansion rapidly and raged out of control until 27 August , until they were put out Removing in early September .