Greatly outnumbered , Rodgers had seized all weapons .
Greatly outnumbered , Rodgers ordered the prisoners to the lower hold , giving orders to open fire with blunderbusses should the prisoners try to breach the passageway from their hold .
Greatly outnumbered , Rodgers had seized all weapons and ordered the prisoners to the lower hold , giving orders to open fire with blunderbusses should the prisoners try to breach the passageway from their hold .