strike 13 times
... that an 18th-century soldier, court-martialed for sleeping at his post, swore that he heard the clock of St Paul's Cathedral strike 13 times – and other witnesses corroborated it, saving his life?
... that an 18th-century soldier, <a href="./Court-martial" id="mwng" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Court-martial">court-martialed</a> for sleeping at his post, swore that he heard the clock of <a href="./St_Paul's_Cathedral" id="mwnw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's Cathedral</a> <b id="mwoA"><a href="./Thirteenth_stroke_of_the_clock" id="mwoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thirteenth stroke of the clock">strike 13 times</a></b> <span id="mwog" typeof="mw:Entity">–</span> and other witnesses corroborated it, saving his life?