I scarce knew in what manner to receive them, but found to draw ourselves in a close line was the only way; so we formed in a moment; but that we might not have too much interval, I ordered that only every other man should fire, and that the others, who had not fired, should stand ready to give them a second volley immediately, if they continued to advance upon us; and then that those that had fired at first should not pretend to load their fusees again, but stand ready, every one with a pistol, for we were all armed with a fusee and a pair of pistols each man; so we were, by this method, able to fire six volleys, half of us at a time; however, at present we had no necessity; for upon firing the first volley, the enemy made a full stop, being terrified as well with the noise as with the fire.
Il me sembla toutefois que le seul moyen était de nous serrer touts de front, ce que nous exécutâmes sur-le-champ. Mais, pour qu'entre les décharges nous n'eussions point trop d'intervalle, je résolus que seulement de deux hommes l'un ferait feu, et que les autres, qui n'auraient pas tiré, se tiendraient prêts à leur faire essuyer immédiatement une seconde fusillade s'ils continuaient d'avancer sur nous; puis que ceux qui auraient lâché leur coup d'abord ne s'amuseraient pas à recharger leur fusil, mais s'armeraient chacun d'un pistolet, car nous étions touts munis d'un fusil et d'une paire de pistolets.