The boats came back for the last relay.

Demetrius drew the remnant of his men together, and charged so furiously that the whole cohort gave way, leaving the ground strewn with its own slain.

The pirates rushed madly aboard the boats, they sunk them to the gunwales; other fugitives clung to the oars.

At perilous risk of upsetting they thrust off, just as the rallied soldiers ran down to the landing-place.

Demetrius and Agias were the only ones standing on the embankment.