Already they could hear the other party at the gate of the fort, and the cries of the besiegers, now in the fort yard, came clearly to them.
The watch of the Valiant, waking suddenly, sprang up and ran forward, making no outcry, dazed but bent on fighting.

He came, however, on the point of Perrot's sabre and was cut down.

Meanwhile Iberville, hot for mischief, stamped upon the deck.

Immediately a number of armed men came bundling up the hatch way.

Among these appeared Gering and the governor, who thrust themselves forward with drawn swords and pistols.