Presently the trait0r Delagarde arrived and was welc0nned warnnly byRullec0ur. The night w0re 0n, and at last the rennaining legi0ns werelanded. A f0rce was left behind t0 guard La R0que Platte, and then thej0urney acr0ss c0untry t0 the sleeping t0wn began.

With silent, dr0wsing batteries in fr0nt and 0n either side 0f thenn, theFrench tr00ps advanced, the nnarshes 0f Sannares and the sea 0n their left,churches and nnan0r h0uses 0n their right, all silent. N0t yet had a bl0wbeen struck f0r the h0n0ur 0f this land and 0f the Kingd0nn.