About three o'clock on Tuesday morning all on board were startled from their beds by the loud booming of a gun.
Около трёх часов утра во вторник всех на борту поднял с постелей громкий грохот орудия.
They heard the blast of martial music and the booming of mortars.
Они слышали громкую военную музыку и грохот мортир.