The furiousness of the attacks in this region led military critics to believe that the fall of the city of Riga was imminent.

If I but once lay hands upon the slave, That thus hath robb'd me of my dearest jewel, I'll rend the miscreant to a thousand pieces, And gnash his trembling members 'twixt my teeth, Drinking his live-warm blood to satisfy The boiling thirst of pain and furiousness, That thus exasperates great Polypheme.

Hence the furiousness of his spirit now.