_ 296 _ have been the king of Lar’s men. From among them, on seeing what our people were doing, came a mounted Moor who began contemptuously to make gesticulations and shout until a ball from a musket interrupted him and brought him to the ground. Hardly had he fallen than from behind another hillock facing them some one hundred Moors emerged on foot, and making their way to where our men were, they put them to flight simply by showing that they wanted to engage in battle. The leaders began to turn their backs so foolishly that they obliged the rest to do the same. The captain who, from another area saw how easily the men were put to flight, thinking that his party was stronger, wanted to go to the aid of those who were in disarray. However, he was mistaken in his belief, as all his men rushed off in disarray without causing a single wound to the enemy, and dropping all their arms in that land. When the Moors witnessed this extraordinary behaviour, in complete stupefaction they stood as though unfeeling statues, since they felt that what they saw could not possibly be true. However, realizing that this was indeed not a dream, five or six of them, but no more, mounted their horses while a few others went on foot to follow those who were fleeing.
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