_ 225 _ start firing, frightening the enemy even more. When night fell Guadalajara took the 150 men who had been appointed for the task (here follows a list of several of their names) and set out. As it was very dark and raining, they were neither seen nor heard by the enemy until they reached them. When they started shouting the men at the stockade began firing all the artillery at the same time. Now, the night in itself was fearful enough because it was pitch-black, and this together with the rain, our loud cries, and the tremendous din of the artillery fire, which seemed to rock heaven and earth, presented such a terrifying spectacle that even our men who were not the target of it all were frightened let alone the enemy, on whom all these frightening things fell at once. To frighten them even more than they already were, our men then fired a cannon which was nearest to the camp, and this damaged so many huts and hit so many men that the enemy could no longer suffer it and fled, every man for himself. But since it was very dark and the ground was wet, some would fall, others slip when they went down a slope. Thus, they abandoned the camp, leaving behind more than 300 dead. Our soldiers returned to the stockade where the captain greatly praised Guadalajara and the others. In the morning, he ordered the camp to be sacked, and many
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